A history in 26 parts 4: The Merchants
Whatever more a ship may be, she is certainly a machine for moving things from one place to another. Much of seafaring life has been shaped by the efforts of landsmen -the 17th- and 18th-century merchants, for example - to get that job done as cheaply as possible.
Readers: ANTHONY HALL, TIMOTHY BATESON , DAVID MARCH, RONALD BADDILEY , GARARD GREEN, GORDON GOSTELOW , HENRY KNOWLES , DAVID CASEY and NIGEL LAMBERT
Programme consultant:
RALPH DAVIS , Professor of Economic History, University of Leicester
Commentary by Basil Greenhill , Director. National Maritime Museum
Special sound by DICK MILLS of the BBC Radio-phonic Workshop.
Series composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON , in collaboration with the National Maritime Museum