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In Screening the Fleet, Prof. Jonathan Rayner explores the representation of the modern Royal Navy on British television over a fifty year period from 1973 to 2023. The 1970s saw the broadcast of two definitive series: the BBC’s drama series Warship and the acclaimed documentary series Sailor, which set the benchmark for naval representation and became precedents for series that followed.
The changing portrayal of the Royal Navy on television also underlines how the Navy itself has evolved in the post-World War II world, showing the changing nature and increasing diversity of the naval community over time. The first study of its type, this volume explores developments in dramatic and documentary approaches through portrayal of the Royal Navy, a highly popular, patriotic and persistent subject.
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