The Warship: Tour of Duty (2023): S01E06 – It’s Not Over Till It’s Over

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline As the ships nears the end of her deployment, disaster… Read More

The Warship: Tour of Duty (2023): S01E05 – Neptune’s Kingdom

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline HMS Queen Elizabeth joins with allied warships for a display… Read More

The Warship: Tour of Duty (2023): S01E04 – Pride of the Fleet

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline HMS Queen Elizabeth reaches the South China Sea to find… Read More

The Warship: Tour of Duty (2023): S01E03 – The Enemy Within

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline HMS Queen Elizabeth reaches the Red Sea when a sinister… Read More

The Warship: Tour of Duty (2023): S01E02 – Troubled Waters

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline The warship, heading into the eastern Mediterranean, antagonises the Russian… Read More

The Warship: Tour of Duty (2023): S01E01 – For Queen and Country

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline HMS Queen Elizabeth sets off for on her first operational… Read More

The Warship: Tour of Duty Documentary Series Overview (2023)

Introduction A 6-part documentary series covering the Royal Navy Carrier Strike Group deployment (May 2021 to December 2021) broadcast from Sunday 22 January 2023 at 9pm on BBC Two. Film-maker Chris Terrill (left picture) was on board HMS Queen Elizabeth for the whole deployment. Outline The exciting, surprising and moving story of navy life on… Read More

Sons of the Sea (1939)

Introduction Sons of the Sea is a 1939 British colour drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Leslie Banks, Kay Walsh, Mackenzie Ward and Cecil Parker. Refer to Sword of Honour (1939) also by director Maurice Elvey. Outline Britain, 1939. The head of Dartmouth Naval College is murdered. His successor, Captain Hyde, believes that… Read More

Warship Life at Sea (2022): S03E05

Introduction Channel 5 documentary ‘Warship: Life at Sea’ documents everyday life on board the Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyer HMS Duncan, one of the most advanced warships in the world. Outline HMS Northumberland is deployed off the west coast of Ireland and receives intelligence that a Russian warship has been spotted heading towards Faslane, the… Read More