October 21st, 1805: Off the Cape of Trafalgar in the unforgiving North Atlantic, British Warships are locked in a savage battle with a combined French and Spanish Fleet.
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The Battle of Trafalgar was a crushing British Victory, but the price was the death of the Royal Navy's most celebrated commander, Horatio Nelson. The victory ensured Britain's supremacy at sea for more than a century, but things could have been very different - was Napoleon's Franco-Spanish fleet closer to victory at Trafalgar than historians have previously claimed? With new technology and ground breaking historical detective work the film sheds crucial new light on the Battle of Trafalgar and the qualities of a man remembered as the greatest naval leader in history. Just how much did Nelson risk at the Battle of Trafalgar?
This film was first broadcast: 28 Sep 2004
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