Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large in British history.
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- Ep 1
1.Home Waters to High Seas
02-12-201360mThe story of the top-heavy Mary Rose, the wrecking of the Spanish Armada and the real-life sea disasters that inspired The Tempest and Robinson Crusoe.
- Ep 2
2.A World Turned Upside Down
09-12-201360mDr Sam Willis takes the story of shipwrecks into the Georgian age when Britain began to rule the waves and disasters at sea imperilled its trading power.
- Ep 3
3.Civilising the Sea
16-12-201360mDr Sam Willis tells how the Victorians found preventative solutions, from rockets that could fire rescue lines to lifejackets, lifeboats and the Plimsoll Line.
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