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In January 2007 The container ship MSC Napoli ran aground of the sooth coast of Devon, spilling its cargo on Branscombe beach. The public response was mixed; delight from the opportunists who plu...ndered the ship's booty and disgust from the authorities who struggled to police the looting. But the looters of the Napoli were reviving a tradition that stretched back centuries connecting coastal communities all around Britain to a sinister profession known as 'wrecking'. This programme goes in search of the mysterious history of the wreckers.
In January 2007 The container ship MSC Napoli ran aground of the sooth coast of Devon, spilling its cargo on Branscombe beach. The public response was mixed; delight from the opportunists who plu...ndered the ship's booty and disgust from the authorities who struggled to police the looting. But the looters of the Napoli were reviving a tradition that stretched back centuries connecting coastal communities all around Britain to a sinister profession known as 'wrecking'. This programme goes in search of the mysterious history of the wreckers.
| Series: | Timewatch |
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| First transmission date: | 2007 |
| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:48:26 |
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| Director: | Chris Wilson |
| Narrator: | Michael Praed |
| Contributors: | Bell Bathurst; Jaquelin Bower; Will Coleman; Richard Davies; Frank Gibson; Mark Groves; Gregory Holyoake; Willie Mowatt; Tom. Muir; Cathy Pearce; Diccon Rogers; James Simpson; Michael Stammers; Jill Welby; Michael Williams |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/timewatch/index.shtml OU Website: http://www.open2.net/timewatch/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Shipwrecks; Wreckers (Plunderers of ships); Du Maurier, Daphne, Dame, 1907-1989. Jamaica Inn; Cornwall --History |
| Production number: | LSGB867N |
| Videofinder number: | 7740 |
| Available to public: | no |
