The Ship (TV series)

The Ship (TV series)

Infobox Television Film
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name = The Ship


caption =
format = Documentary series
creator =
director = Christopher Terrill
producer = Laurence Rees & Christopher Terrill
writer =
narrator = Dominic Frisby
starring = Alexander Cook, Christopher Terrill, Andrew Lewis & James Rees
music = John Harle
country = flagicon|UK United Kingdom
language = English
distributor = BBC
released = 2002
first_aired =
last_aired =
runtime = 360 min
num_episodes = 6
website =
imdb_id = 0406467
tv_com_id =
amg_id =

"The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyage" is a documentary film about a 21st century voluntary crew on a six-week journey from the east coast of Australia to Jakarta, Indonesia retracing the famous voyage of Captain James Cook aboard a replica of the "HM Bark Endeavour".

The 55 men and women on board - among them the director, producer & cameraman Chris Terrill - came from several different countries and nationalities. The crew traced Cook's footsteps from one historical landmark to another. All of the volunteers lived and worked as 18th century sailors, but were not required to wear period costumes.

"The Ship" had some modern conveniences: a satellite phone for emergencies, and a flush toilet in the lower deck for use while sailing in the Great Barrier Reef.

The show originally aired on the BBC from 20 August - 24 September 2002. The trip was filmed a year earlier and the episode were the crew were informed of the 9/11 attacks was shown on 10 September 2002.

Companion book

* cite book
year = 2002
title = The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyage
last = Baker
first = Simon
publisher = BBC Books
id = ISBN 978-056353463X

External links

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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/programme_archive/theship_about_01.shtml The Making of 'The Ship']
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2191198.stm Modern Sailors Battle Cook's High Seas]
* [http://www.erasofelegance.com/entertainment/television2.html Eras of Elegance]


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