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Mary competes in upcoming BBC programme Race Against the Tide

The show sees competitors race to create hige sand sculptures. Image: Norma Lyall

The Fife town’s West Sands beach is providing a backdrop for the BBC’s Race Against the Tide.

The show sees competitors build sand sculptures against the ticking clock of the incoming tide.

Photos taken by The Courier at West Sands on Monday show crews setting up huge block structures on the sand.

Crews set up on the beach on Monday. Image: Richard Hancox/DC Thomson

Filming to took place on Tuesday (May 20) with beach visitors asked to keep dogs on leads when passing through the area.

The six-part series is hosted by Scottish comedian Stirling – best known as the narrator of Love Island – who issue additional craft challenges throughout the show.

The sand sculptures were judged as the tide begins to come in with a team ordered to leave the beach at the end of each episode.

One creation took the shape of a peacock. Image: Norma Lyall

The series will be available on BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer but a release date has yet to be announced.