A portrait of Thomas Cochrane. who won larger victories with smaller loss of life than anyone else in the history of warfare.Heinventedbarbedwire, the explosive torpedo and poison gas. He was the inspiration for Captain Marryat's sea stories, and Admiral of the navies of Chile, Brazil and Greece as well as Britain. with Tom Fleming as Cochrane Other parts: JOHN FORREST JOHN BRYNING GARARD GREEN MANNINGWILSON, ALAN ROWE and ELIZABETH MORf ;AN
Wnlten and narrated by IAN GRIMBLE
Producer ROBERT CRADOCK