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The British Seafarer

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A history in 26 parts 8: The Long Blockade
The typical seafaring experience of the Age of Nelson was not battle like Trafalgar but the endless daily endurance of maintaining command of the seas through 20 years of continuous blockade.
The great Unknown Warrior of this story is Admiral Collingwood.
Readers: NIGEL LAMBERT , GORDON GOSTELOW. ANTHONY HALL. MALCOLM TERRIS. RON
ALD BADDILEY. RONALD HERD-MAN, LEONARD MAGUIRE.
TIMOTHY BATESON , DAVID MARCH, GARARD GREEN, ROBERT TROTTER , ROBERT LANG. MICHAEL GOLDIE. DOUGLAS BLACKWELL. KATHLEEN HELME and CAROLE BOYD
Programme consultant and presenter Piers Mackesy. Fellow of Pembroke College. Oxford
Series composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON. in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum

Contributors

Readers:
Nigel Lambert
Readers:
Gordon Gostelow.
Unknown:
Malcolm Terris.
Unknown:
Leonard Maguire.
Unknown:
Timothy Bateson
Unknown:
Robert Trotter
Unknown:
Robert Lang.
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell.
Unknown:
Kathleen Helme
Unknown:
Carole Boyd
Presenter:
Piers MacKesy.
Unknown:
Michael Mason.
Admiral Collingwood:
Geoffrey Bayldon
Source: Radio Times

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