Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World
Sea Change
Friday 5th February on BBC2 at 9 - 10pm.
In the last of this four-part series, historian Dan Snow explores the ups and downs of a climactic century in naval and British history.
Rapacious and ruthless, the 19th-century Navy used 'gunboat diplomacy' to push British interests further afield than ever before. It was control of the sea rather than her land empire that was the key to Britain's growing wealth.
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You can listen to a piece on Rear-Admiral Sam Salt on BBC Radio 4's - Last Word. It's the first piece on the programme at BBC R4 and is seven minutes listening.
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