The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty by SIR JOHN BARROW , abridged in ten parts and read by Nigel Hawthorne (1) In 1831, Barrow, a distinguished Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty published this account of a very odd episode in naval history. There have been many theories and truths on offer; but Lieutenant Bligh and Fletcher Christian are secure in British legend. Producer PAMELA HOWE BBC Bristol