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The Battle of the River Plate - Timewatch

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on BBC Two England

RT A deadly duel at sea - featuring one of the Second
World War's great tactical bluffs - is the focus of this dramatised documentary. Commodore Henry Harwood takes on Captain Hans Langsdorff and the pride of the German navy, the GrafSpee. Michael Praed narrates.
Producer John Hayes Fisher ; Series producer John Farren www.bbc.co.uk/timewatch BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE: looks at River Plate. Out now, price E3.60

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Harwood
Unknown:
Captain Hans Langsdorff
Unknown:
Michael Praed
Producer:
John Hayes Fisher
Producer:
John Farren
Bob Batt:
David Hood
Harwood:
Ramon Spencer
Millington Drake:
Kit Hillier
Guani:
Michael Cole
Langsdorff:
Allan Hern
Diggins:
Simon Lee
Langmann:
David Longstaff
McCall:
David Bulbeck
Source: Radio Times

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