A history in 26 parts in the words of those who have made the history 3: The High Seas
The Elizabethan age Is the first great explosion of British seafaring activity. Its achievements have rightly become legendary, but their reality was far removed from the legends of Westward Ho! and Errol Flynn. In this programme Elizabethan sailors themselves tell us what was achieved and what it cost.
Readers: MICHAEL GOLDIE , DAVID MARCH, TIMOTHY BATE SON. GARARD GREEN, ANTHONY HALL , ROBERT LANG , DAVID ASHFORD , ANTHONY NEWLANDS , RONALD BADDILEY , CORDON GOSTELOW and NIGEL LAMBERT
Programme consultant and presenter Kenneth Andrews (Reader in History. University of Hull)
Special sound by DICK MILLS of the BBC Radio-phonic Workshop
Scries composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON , in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum