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Pilot
Keen sailor Libby Purves meets the men and women whose job it is to guide big ships safely home to port, whatever the weather. From 2008.
Even in the Internet age, there's still a huge romantic buzz about a great ship. And as she manoeuvres her vast bulk round the buoys and bars of our great ports both the sleek liner and the towering container vessel will usually draw a crowd.
In this feature, keen sailor Libby Purves takes to the water to tell the little-known story of the men and women whose job it is to guide these big ships safely home in the best and the worst of weathers....and out to sea again - the ship's pilot.
Presented by Libby Purves.
Produced by Simon Elmes.
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in January 2008.
Last on
Sat 11 Sep 2021
02:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
Broadcasts
- Mon 7 Jan 2008 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 18 Dec 2008 15:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 13 Nov 2014 06:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 13 Nov 2014 13:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 13 Nov 2014 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 14 Nov 2014 02:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 8 Jun 2017 06:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 8 Jun 2017 13:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 8 Jun 2017 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 9 Jun 2017 01:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Fri 10 Sep 2021 14:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 11 Sep 2021 02:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra