Battleships programme on C4

Channel 4 (UK) are showing this (which may be of interest to some)
*grin*
I think that it's a four part series, here's the info from the C4 site, 
there's no info for any programmes past 13th April.

BATTLESHIPS

19:00 31 March

Spanning almost two centuries - from the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf
War 
- Battleships explores the evolution of battleship design from canvas to

steam, timber to steel, cannon to missile.

The first programme covers the period between 1800 and 1914, starting
with 
the British, French, Spanish and Dutch building and defending their
empires 
through the firepower of their sail-driven battle fleets. But the stakes

were soon raised by the industrial revolution, steam propulsion and
France's 
revolutionary ironclad fighting ship, Gloire.

In less than a lifetime, steam had taken over from sail, wood had given
way 
to steel armour, and sweeping changes in ordnance had revolutionised
naval 
warfare.

19:00 7 April

The second programme covers the period 1914 to 1918. When war broke out
in 
August 1914, the strength and number of battleships of the opposing
British 
and German fleets reflected the maritime might of both nations. Never
before 
in history had two such powerful battle fleets been assembled to fight a
war 
of such scale.

Donogh

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