About this programme
4/6. Exploring Britain's maritime stories. Nicholas Crane tells the tale of the Great Storm of 1703, which saw ships blown from British shores to Norway, while Ian McMillan discusses the fate of hospital ship Rohilla, which ran aground off Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 1914. Dick Strawbridge also visits Tiree in the Inner Hebrides, where he explains how the timings of the D-Day landings were determined by RAF weather forecasters.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Presenter
- Nick Crane
- Presenter
- Dick Strawbridge
- Presenter
- Ian McMillan
Crew
- Executive Producer
- William Lyons
- Series Editor
- Steve Evanson
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