Life at Sea in the 16th Century: The Spanish Armada
In October 1588, a long
Spanish ship was wrecked off Bolt Tail in south Devon. The St Peter the Great was one of the hospital ships in King
Philip's mighty Armada. One of those taken prisoner was a Portuguese boy called George. In today's programme, children from three Devon schools use their own maps, models and pictures to tell the story of the Spanish Armada and to speculate about the fate of that Portuguese ship's boy. Film editor JOHN BILLINGHAM Producer NICHOLAS WHINES (R) (e)