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Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

Description: Historian Dr Sam Willis looks at how and why the shipwreck came to loom so large in British history.
Genre: TV program
First episode air date: December 2, 2013
Network: BBC Four
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