Master and Commander

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Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander: 2. The Question of Seamanship

Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander

2. The Question of Seamanship

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander, 2. The Question of Seamanship

Jack tests the Sophie, and Stephen's romantic notions of naval life are tarnished.

Jack tests the Sophie under sail, and Stephen's romantic notions of naval life are distinctly tarnished. Stars Nigel Anthony.

1800, Rosia Bay, Gibraltar. Newly commissioned, Jack Aubrey tests the Sophie under sail, and Stephen's romantic notions of naval life are distinctly tarnished. 

Patrick O'Brian's popular Napoleonic seafaring adventure.

Starring Michael Troughton and Nigel Anthony.

Dramatised by Roger Danes.

Jack Aubrey ...... Michael Troughton
Stephen Maturin ...... Nigel Anthony
Molly Harte ...... Frances Jeater
Harte ...... Lloyd Johnson
Watt ...... Russell Floyd
Dorothea .... Nina Wadia
Mowett ..... Dominic Letts
Young Ricketts ...... Tom Bevan
Don McCorkindale ..... Wilkinson/Killick
Charlie Simpson ..... Charlie Simpson
David/Richards .....	Richard Pearce

Director: Adrian Bean

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1995.

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Napoleonic seafaring adventure starring Michael Troughton and Nigel Anthony.

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