Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History
Season 1
20133 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Home Waters to High Seas
7.02013-12-02 · 60m
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.
- E2
A World Turned Upside Down
7.02013-12-09 · 60m
Dr 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.
- E3
Civilising the Sea
7.02013-12-16 · 60m
Dr Sam Willis tells how the Victorians found preventative solutions, from rockets that could fire rescue lines to lifejackets, lifeboats and the Plimsoll Line.