Shipmates
Documentary series about the frigate HMS Chatham's six-month deployment in the Gulf.
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A definitive portrait of the men and women of the Royal Navy – at sea and ashore. This landmark documentary series focuses on the men and women of the Royal Navy and their ever-changing role in the modern world. From arcane below-deck rituals to quick-response tsunami relief, the series provides a fascinating insight into the unpredictable, dangerous and exciting reality of life on the high seas. The series follows the frigate HMS Chatham during her deployment to the Gulf for maritime security duties and her sudden diversion to provide humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka and accompanies HMS Ocean in the Thursday War, fought every week in the English Channel. Along the way we witness an exorcism at a Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth; join the naval field gun teams annual race for glory; and travel to Alexandria for one of the most unusual duties the Royal Navy has ever been asked to perform…
- Ep 1
1.Hello - Goodbye
22-11-200560mEven tough gunners shed a tear as HMS Chatham heads out three weeks before Christmas for a six-month deployment to the Gulf. Then comes news that the vessel is riding the after eff...
- Ep 2
2.After the Wave
29-11-200560mHMS Chatham reaches the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, which took the full force of the Boxing Day tsunami, as the docusoap following the varied duties of personnel at Devonport Naval...
- Ep 3
3.Heads Up, Chests Out, Be Proud
06-12-200560mTasha Pulley is a physical training instructor in the Royal Navy and just over five feet tall. She wants to join the uncompromising and very large men with muscles on their muscles...
- Ep 4
4.Raising the Dead
20-12-200560mAt Devonport naval base, Ghostbusters are investigating claims the dockyard is haunted. Meanwhile, HMS Chatham sails to Egypt to bury 30 British sailors with full military honours...
- Ep 5
5.Theatre of War
21-12-200560mEach Thursday, Plymouth is turned into a war zone as warships, submarines, jet fighters and Royal Marines engage in simulated conflict on land, sea and air. How will Angela Thomas...
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