Six programmes on treasure and treasure hunting, written and introduced by Derek Wilson
4: Where is dive's Goldt In 1755 Robert Clive set sail once more for India, to become Deputy
Governor of Madras.
Shortly after rounding the Cape of Good Hope. another ship carrying Clive's gold and other treasure on the same voyage, HMS Dodington, sank in squally weather. The lost treasure, reckoned in today's terms to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds, eluded discovery for more than 200 years.
But two young South
Africans may well have hit the jackpot. with David Allen and Gerry van Niekerk and the voices of RONALD BADDILEY and EDWARD CAST. Producer BRIAN MILLER BBC Bristol