A frank account in 11 parts of life on the ocean wave in one of Her Majesty's ships continues the Fly on the Wall season.
7: A Theatre Workshop
Despite the terrible nature of her primary role, a ship of war resembles a living theatre. There is the parade of blazing jets, a tableau vivant of sailors plotted in file around the flight deck as a marine band serenades them into a foreign port, and the unique comic relief of the ship's own concert. Such a presentation makes an aircraft carrier the biggest steel stage of all.
Film recordist GRAHAM RODGER Producer JOHN PURDIE