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 to get that job done as cheaply as possible.
Readers ANTHONY HALL, TIMOTHY BATESON , DAVID MARCH, RONALD BADDILET , CARARD GREEN,
GORDON GOSTELOW , HENRY KNOWLES , DAVID CASEY , NIGEL LAMBERT Programme consultant RALPH DAVIS , Professor of Economic History,
University of Leicester Commentary by Basil Grcenhill. Director, National Maritime
Museum. Special sound by DICK MILLS of the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop. Series composed and directed by MICHAEL MASON , in collaboration with the National
Maritime Museum,