Episodes
1. Home Waters to High Seas
December 2, 2013
60 min
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.
2. A World Turned Upside Down
December 9, 2013
60 min
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.