Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
Season 12013
Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large in British history.
Maritime historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large in British history.
3 Episodes
The 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.
December 2, 2013Dr 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.
December 9, 2013Dr Sam Willis tells how the Victorians found preventative solutions, from rockets that could fire rescue lines to lifejackets, lifeboats and the Plimsoll Line.
December 16, 2013