Sea Fever

[anteros_lmc]

Just a quick heads up that BBC Four will shortly be running a season of programmes on the theme Sea Fever - The Story of Britain and the Sea.

The season is being run in conjunction with an exhibition called Boats that Built Britain run by the National Maritime Museum and National Historic Ships. There's not a great deal of information online yet but programmes include the following:

Art Of The Sea: In Pictures and Art Of The Sea: In Words follow writer Owen Sheers as he explores the art and literature of the high seas.

Sea Fever is a three-part documentary series exploring the crucial ways in which the sea has helped shape modern Britain, from history and culture to economics and science, using amateur film archive.

The Boats That Built Britain takes a voyage through the history of British seafaring and puts some of the vessels featured in the programme through their paces.

Shanties And Sea Songs. Choirmaster Gareth Malone, travels the length and breadth of the country to discover the rich heritage of Britain's maritime songs – and the real-life stories behind them.

The Cult of Sunday Night... The Onedin Line unearths the history and anecdotes behind cult British 1970s Sunday night seafaring saga The Onedin Line.

No mention of Hornblower but surely he must appear somewhere!

In other news....remember that concert that I mentioned a while back, Orchestral Seascapes? Well it's on tomorrow night and esmerelda_t and I are going. She is under strict instructions to kick me if I start giggling in the middle of Rule Britannia.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_likimeya/]

I've been wondering about you and that concert... Have fun (but not too much)!

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I'm not long back from the concert, and it was rather enjoyable. Although we did a runner before they played Rule Britannia and went to the pub instead! I shall report back properly tomorrow!