Britain at Sea

I don't normally give a plug for anything done by a member of the last Labour government, but I'll make an exception for Admiral Lord West: I can count on the fingers of one hand the people who served as ministers in Gordon Brown's government that I have any respect for, but Alan West is one of them. (Digby Jones, John Hutton and John Reid are the others).

(I suspect that West was persaded to join that government because it was put to him that he would be serving his country by taking a defence and security job rather than because he agreed with everything Brown did.)

Anyway, Admiral West has been doing a set of daily 15-minute broadcasts at 1.45pm on BBC Radio 4 about the history of the Royal Navy in the 20th century which started this week and is called "Britain at Sea" and I think it's really fascinating.

If you missed the first four episodes, or if like me you do not find 1.45pm on weekdays an ideal time to listen to it, "Britain at Sea" can be heard using BBC iPlayer for the next year, and the series index with appropriate links is given at

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046czzn/episodes/guide

Comments

Jim said…
Looks a good series, thanks Chris, Shame you spoiled your post by mentioning "he whom shall not be named" but other wise very good will have a look and a listen.

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