Britain at Sea

Lord West concludes his history of the Royal Navy in the 20th century.Since the end of the Cold War, major changes in Britain have taken place in military, technological and social terms. How have these changes affected the Navy? Visiting HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's fut ...  Show more

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy in the Falklands War.Lord West travels to the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, home of the Fleet Air Arm, to explain the vital importance of air power in winning the Falklands War. He visits the memorial to friends of his who died in ...  Show more

Lord West tells the story of how Britain and the Royal Navy came to focus heavily on the North Atlantic in the late Cold War.During his time in the Royal Navy, the focus was very largely on the North Atlantic. Lord West returns to North Norway to see the Royal Marines training an ...  Show more

Lord West tells the story of how the Royal Navy lost its aircraft carriers but gained the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent.The 1960s were a time of intense inter-service rivalry. The RAF and the Royal Navy exchanged blows in the corridors of Whitehall - and by the end of the de ...  Show more

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's role in Britain's withdrawal from empire.Travelling to Malta, he explains the Navy's central role in Maltese independence. Strolling through Valletta he describes life in the Royal Navy in the 1950s and 1960s, an era when hundreds of ...  Show more