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00:00Now it's time for the shipping forecast. Shannon, West Bearing. North West, 3 to 5.
00:08For over 100 years, sailors and fishermen have received daily, life-saving warnings from the shipping forecast.
00:16Occasional rain, good, occasionally poor.
00:19It's now a national institution and its soothing tones have become a recognisable comfort to all.
00:26Good, occasionally moderate.
00:28Dividing UK and surrounding waters into 31 areas, it predicts wind, weather and visibility for those venturing out to sea.
00:42With modern technology now providing 24-hour forecasting, the twice-daily shipping forecast is no longer the only safety guide for those at sea.
00:53Hello. I wish I was on yours.
00:56But for me, the shipping forecast is timeless.
01:01It's like almost a prayer.
01:03Yeah, it's comforting.
01:04Comforting.
01:05I'm going to make those poetic words, pharaohs, white, Thames, Lundy, a blueprint for an epic journey around some of our beautiful coasts.
01:16We're sort of on a collision course.
01:18Meeting the people on and offshore.
01:22This is amazing.
01:23This is beautiful, huh?
01:24Whose lives depend on the weather and the sea.
01:28Oh my goodness, look at that.
01:30I'll do one of my famous engine prayers if you like.
01:35Cut some fish, yeah.
01:36With the most amazing views.
01:40May the force be with you.
01:48Shipping forecast issued by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency.
01:53Shipping area Thames is the point where the iconic river hits the sea and sets course for the world beyond.
02:08For centuries, Thames has been at the heart of British trade and naval power, the starting point of a global empire run from an island nation.
02:18Stretching 100 miles north from Ramsgate in Kent to Horsey Gap on the Norfolk coast, the forecast area also extends east into the North Sea and across to Holland.
02:34It encompasses the frenetic hubbub of the capital's waterways, the industrial might of Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port,
02:44and the seaside towns of Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth.
03:00I'm beginning my travels on the river that gave it its name.
03:04The artery that once fed the most powerful navy in the world.
03:09The Thames, really important to our story.
03:11The Thames, of course, important to the history of London.
03:14The city you think of as, I don't know, West End, Trafalgar Square, Houses of Parliament, perhaps.
03:19But you really only understand London and its importance when you see it from the river.
03:23Its importance as a trading city, at the heart of a trading nation, going out into the rest of the world, the empire.
03:32Sailing along the Thames is like a who's who, or rather a what's what, of British naval history.
03:37Here's HMS Belfast, now moored in stately retirement.
03:44In her World War II prime, she was the largest cruiser in the Royal Navy.
03:51Tower Bridge.
03:53Opened in 1894, it was built with a movable roadway so that ships could continue sailing up and down the river, unimpeded.
03:59But centuries before then, Royal Navy dockyards were established on the Thames at Woolwich and Deptford,
04:12churning out warships that would fight the Spanish Armada or circumnavigate the globe.
04:17The river is tidal and can rise and fall by seven metres.
04:28There we go.
04:29So there's only just enough beach left for me to leap ashore and head to my first posting in sea area Thames.
04:41This is the old Royal Naval College at Greenwich.
04:44To my mind, one of the most striking examples of Britain's historic naval power.
04:51Wow.
04:53Amazing space, isn't it?
04:55Oh, it's absolutely fabulous and steeped in history as well.
04:59My guide is former Navy man Chris.
05:03What was it built for, Chris?
05:05So originally it was a royal palace for King Henry VIII and Queen Mary.
05:09And then Queen Mary, over a number of years, saw sick and injured sailors coming back from war and then turned it into the Royal Hospital for sailors.
05:20It's incredibly grand, isn't it?
05:21I mean, it was quite a thing as an expression of gratitude for people who fought in the, you know, those kind of various wars of conquest.
05:29It was Britain's naval history.
05:31It was in 1694 that Queen Mary commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to build a hospital for old and infirm naval servicemen.
05:41And what a hospital.
05:48And if this weren't enough, just look at where the old boys used to eat their dinner.
05:54Welcome to the, to the painted hall.
05:56Oh, man.
05:57They went off stating their case.
06:00That's amazing.
06:01It's fabulous.
06:01So this was where the Royal Navy offices and those sailors that obviously come back wounded, this was their dining room.
06:09And during the renovation, stories of how much gravy they actually removed from the ceiling is fascinating.
06:15So even the last sort of hundred years has had its impact and, and revealed some amazing.
06:19Of course, it'd be a competition, wouldn't it?
06:21Have you flicked, right?
06:21Yeah, that's it.
06:22It's just something everywhere you look, your eye is kind of drawn into this story.
06:25Again, it's, you've got the bow of a ship there as well, haven't we?
06:29A ship of the line, flying the Red Ends in.
06:38Not just a naval icon, the building is now home to budding sailors of the future.
06:43Yes, there we are.
06:44So my, my sea cadets outside, ready to do colours.
06:49Ships, come, hold.
06:51Division, turn it on.
06:52Right, turn it on.
06:54A former naval man himself, Chris is now in charge of the Greenwich branch of the sea cadets.
07:00Hi, for the steel.
07:02Started in 1856 to help orphans of the Crimean War.
07:06Today, the sea cadets offer teenagers the chance to learn life skills, both on and off the water.
07:14So, welcome.
07:15I'll introduce you to some of my sea cadets.
07:18But first, we'd just like to welcome you on board, as you would do on a naval vessel at sea.
07:22Thank you.
07:24Wow, what an honour. Thank you.
07:34What we're going to be doing now, so when we meet, same as the Navy in the morning, we're going to be doing a ceremony of colours, and then even it's repeated by doing evening colours.
07:41So that's the tradition, isn't it? It's the greeting and the farewell to the flag, a reminder of what you're for and why.
07:48Yeah, and essentially sets the start of the formal working day, although there's people working 24-7.
07:53Right.
07:54Division, time, right, turn!
07:57So our parade commander brings them to attention.
08:00Down comes the little pennant.
08:01Down comes the little pennant, which tells other ships around it it's one minute to colours.
08:04So everyone now knows.
08:05So everybody now knows.
08:07Pipe on the steel!
08:08And then they pipe the steel, which is a different call to what you would have just heard.
08:16So traditionally, eight seconds.
08:18And then the ensign is hoisted for the length of, obviously, for the day at sea and for us and the sea cadets for the length of our meeting.
08:33And that means you're now in business, right?
08:35Yeah.
08:35And everyone knows where they are and what they're doing.
08:37And everyone knows where they are and hopefully you'll never see a Union flag flown upside down, which shows that a ship is in distress or surrendering.
08:44You see all the time around my way. Nobody knows the right way up for a Union flag.
08:49Yeah. And often referred to as a Union Jack.
08:51But a Union Jack is only a Union Jack when it's flown under the bow of a ship on a Jack staff.
08:56I didn't know that.
08:57I knew Union flag was right, but I didn't know why.
08:59Basically, if you want to know anything, ask the Royal Navy.
09:01Ah, correct.
09:02Okay.
09:03Yeah.
09:03Time!
09:06Three, four!
09:07Two, three, four!
09:10Taking kids from age ten to eighteen, there are currently fifteen thousand sea cadets, nationwide.
09:19And it's not all marching and flags.
09:25As the name suggests, the sea cadets also spend a lot of time out on the water.
09:29So I've travelled slightly upriver to Surrey Docks
09:33Where Cadet Lucas is waiting to show me the ropes
09:37Hey Lucas
09:41Hello
09:41How are you doing?
09:42Very good thank you, how are you?
09:44Now you are the commanding officer of this vessel
09:47Yes I am
09:48What is it?
09:49So this is a quest commonly used for two persons going out onto the water
09:53This would be a good learner's boat
09:55This is definitely a good learner's boat
09:56Especially if you want to get better with being a crew member
09:59Okay
09:59Or commanding crew
10:00Easy for Lucas to say
10:02He and his fellow cadets are here once a week during the summer
10:06Clocking up around 40 hours afloat a year
10:09That is the main sail
10:11So if you want to go at an optimal speed in every wind
10:14You usually pull the sail in when you're going upwind
10:16Okay
10:17And you let it out to give you more surface area going downwind
10:20You sound like very good at this Lucas
10:22I've been sailing for five or six years
10:27But what age are you now?
10:28Sixteen
10:29So you've been sailing since you were ten?
10:31Yeah around then
10:32Can I do anything useful now to prepare the boat?
10:34So if you come over this side of the boat here we have the rudder
10:39Right
10:39Now we need to get this rudder onto these two bits here
10:45Okay
10:45So what we'll want to do here is we want to move these two bolts here into the holes here
10:51I got it
10:51Do they click in?
10:55Yeah it should give you a click and once you've done that there's a little latch here that you'll want to place this and let go so that this isn't obviously dragging along the water
11:04Thank you that's been very helpful
11:06What about the pointy end?
11:08I know it's technical
11:08Okay
11:09Would you mind the boom of course?
11:11How many times have you been whacked on the head by a boom?
11:13Oh a lot
11:14But it was only recently that I got whacked by a boom and fell into the water
11:19Oh blimey
11:20Now you tell me
11:21I like sailing close to the wind which is when your boat is very far up
11:26So I have a reputation among my fellow sea cadets of falling into the water a lot because there's not much leeway for you to not fall in
11:35Can you think of a reason why they wanted you to be the person who took me out on this boat?
11:41Despite his thrill-seeking tendencies Lucas has been sailing solo for the last two seasons and is now an assistant instructor
11:49So I'm in safe hands
11:52It's me I'm not so confident about
11:55Here in shipping area Thames shore leave is well and truly over
12:08That's taking a lot of effort
12:10As I get ready to weigh anchor with sea cadet Lucas
12:13When we've got the boat on the water what we want to do is we want to get the rudder
12:17Get into the water push it down until it does that
12:21Yeah
12:22And then click it in that's not going anywhere
12:24We can steer
12:25Yeah
12:26How's that?
12:31Now do you remember these two ropes here
12:33Now what I'll have you do for whilst we're sailing along
12:37You will control the jib so put on the right rope at the moment and let go more on the left on the other side there we go that's good
12:47We're off
12:49Instantly I'm amazed by how quiet and peaceful it is
12:53If it weren't for Canary Wharf looming up ahead I'd easily forget I'm in London
13:02So you said you didn't have much experience in sailing
13:04Zero
13:05You've never been sailing before
13:07No when I was a kid my uncle Bob he built a dinghy and he took me out in that
13:11And then I've been on a bigger yacht in the south of France where I had a crew
13:16So I love being I love being in them but I didn't know anything about how to do them
13:20Do you see what I mean?
13:21Yeah
13:22Actually it's great
13:23Now we're going to tack and what you say is ready about and the crew say ready
13:30Ready
13:31And then we tack
13:32Go around
13:34And hey presto we're on the other side
13:40Oh that's lovely
13:43So after sea cadets what have you planned for the future Lucas?
13:48So after sea cadets I plan to use that as a stepping stone to get into the navy
13:54Because you have more chance of getting into the navy if you're in sea cadets
13:57Because that naval background the tasks that you do and stuff like that
14:02So you've already shown competence and interest
14:05And especially with my interest in wanting to become a pilot
14:09It's paramount that I do well in the sea cadets and contribute
14:14When you say pilot you don't mean you're a ship's pilot you mean an aircraft pilot
14:18Yeah I mean like an aircraft pilot with the ship
14:20The waiting list to become one is very long like five to ten years but I'm determined to do so
14:27It's been a delight to spend the afternoon with Lucas
14:35And certainly very grounding at the age of 63
14:38To be so completely shown up by the superior knowledge and skill of a 16 year old
14:44So that was my first sailing lesson with a very masterly teacher in Lucas
14:53So thank him for that
14:55It's a bit like cricket
14:56Nothing happens for ages and then it all goes mental
14:58So there was a lot of shifting sides
15:01Which he could do much more athletically than I could
15:03But it's the first lesson that made me want to have a second lesson actually
15:07Because the bit where you're just going along
15:08Gliding along is a very nice feeling indeed
15:11I just wish I'd done it sooner
15:13Leaving London behind my voyage through the Thames shipping area
15:22Continues 80 miles north along the coast
15:26And 23 miles out to sea
15:28This is the MSC Rose
15:38364 metres long
15:42And 51 metres wide
15:44She's more than two and a half times the size of a football pitch
15:48She's currently en route to her final destination
15:54The port of Felixstone
15:56And because of her size
16:00There's only one person who can safely bring her into dock
16:04Here we are Richard
16:05The harbour master's Jesse here
16:07The harbour master's pound
16:07And today it's Jonathan
16:10One of the 30 pilots based at Harwich Haven Authority
16:13A trust port in Essex
16:16Don't worry
16:17I've not confused my modes of transport
16:19A maritime pilot is the person who goes aboard a ship
16:22To guide it safely to harbour
16:24We're making good speed Jonathan
16:38This is the harbour pilot's vessel
16:41That's correct
16:42Yep
16:42So we're on with St Christopher
16:43Matt our coxswain's taking us out
16:46And we're doing about 24 knots
16:48Which for a seagoing cross
16:49Quick
16:50So it's going to take us 45 minutes to get out to the ship
16:53Blimey
16:54So that's where the deeper water is
16:56And we're probably going to board her
16:58In about 60 miles offshore
16:59By the time we get there
17:00But that's as far in as she can come without your help
17:04Absolutely
17:04Yeah
17:05Then the channel becomes shallower
17:07And then she needs my guidance or assistance
17:10Most UK ports require a pilot for ships above a certain size
17:17Armed with intimate knowledge of tides
17:21Channels and hidden hazards
17:23They work with the ship's captain to see her safely into harbour
17:27So when you're on board
17:30Do you kind of trump the master?
17:32The definition of being a pilot
17:34Is a person who's got the conduct of the navigation
17:36But he doesn't belong to the crew
17:38So the captain is still the captain
17:40He could override me
17:42But I then take over the conduct of navigation
17:45I give the helm orders
17:46The engine movements
17:47Whatever is needed
17:48That could be an interesting moment
17:51Couldn't it
17:51If there were a clash of personalities
17:52I'm sure there never is with you
17:54It can be
17:55Because you know
17:56You're going on a ship
17:57And in fact
17:59You've got a plan of action
18:00Which you've got to
18:01Impose if you like
18:03On the ship
18:04And say
18:04This is what we're going to do
18:05Pilots have been around for centuries
18:08In fact
18:08There's references to them
18:10From ancient Greece
18:11Back then
18:13They were typically fishermen
18:14Or seafarers
18:15With knowledge of local conditions
18:17But today
18:18It can take up to seven years of training
18:20To get to Jonathan's level
18:22We're going to go on
18:24To this container ship today
18:25But when they leave the far east
18:27Some of the larger ones
18:28Are carrying somewhere in the region
18:30Of a billion dollars worth of cargo on board
18:32What's in it?
18:34Everything you can imagine
18:35Whether that's car parts
18:36Electronics
18:37Probably the cameras
18:38That are filming us now
18:39That originated from the far east
18:41And came in that journey
18:42So what I'm wearing
18:43What he's using
18:44Clothing
18:45Everything
18:46Amazing
18:47Today is a fine day
18:49Which I'm very grateful for
18:50A smooth trip for us today
18:52But just weather
18:53Presumably weather does make
18:54A big difference
18:54About whether ships can put in
18:55All that
18:56Absolutely
18:56Here in the north sea
18:57It's quite shallow
18:59And the wind direction
19:01Has a huge effect
19:03On how the swell
19:04Or how high the seas are
19:05And certainly
19:07Working with the coxswains
19:08Sometimes it becomes untenable
19:09We can't create a perfect leave
19:12For us to get alongside
19:13And it's unsafe
19:14With millions of pounds of cargo
19:20On board
19:21I'm keeping all fingers crossed
19:22That the weather stays calm
19:24And Jonathan
19:25Can get on board
19:26I'm in shipping area Thames
19:40Making my way from Harwich
19:42On the Essex coast
19:43To the container ship
19:44Of MSC Rose
19:45Now 16 miles out to sea
19:48MSC Rose
19:50Good morning
19:51I will be with you
19:52In approximately 5 minutes
19:54And as the full 364 metres looms into view
19:59It feels more like
20:00We're approaching
20:01A small city
20:02A recommended boarding course
20:05When safe to do so
20:06270 degrees
20:08270
20:08Speed of 6 to 7 knots
20:11We've got one pilot to board
20:14On your starboard side
20:15The 16 metre long pilot launch
20:20Is specially built for pilotage
20:22Note that there are no handrails
20:27This is because they may become damaged
20:30When alongside vessels
20:31So instead
20:32The crew must clip on
20:33With a safety tether
20:34To stop them going overboard
20:36Jonathan
20:37It's livelier
20:38Than I thought it would be
20:39You're not just hopping
20:40From one craft to another
20:42How are you going to get
20:42On board that ship?
20:44So you're right Richard
20:45Once we go past this ship
20:46We're going to go around the stern
20:47You'll see a small door
20:49In the shell plating
20:50Which I'm going to go through
20:52Which gives me access
20:53Into the ship
20:54If this ship was lighter in the water
20:57So I'd have to use a rope ladder
20:58To get on board
20:59So you either leap like a gazelle
21:01Or you clamber up like a monkey
21:03Absolutely
21:03So we're allowed to climb
21:05Nine and a half metres unaided
21:07Up the side of a ship
21:08So it's just a rope ladder
21:09Yeah that's correct
21:09So what you don't want to do
21:11Is fall in obviously
21:12Yes
21:13But that must happen surely
21:14Sadly it does
21:15Not very often
21:17But there are throughout the world
21:19Instances where we've had
21:21Fatalities of pilots
21:22They fall in the water
21:23Or they fall onto pilot launches
21:25And it does happen
21:26Unfortunately yes
21:26It does
21:27This is a high stakes job
21:31It was just two years ago
21:33That a UK pilot lost his life
21:35While transferring to a vessel
21:37Even on a sunny day like today
21:43The thought of climbing aboard
21:44A ship like this
21:45Is incredibly daunting
21:47I can only imagine
21:49What it must be like
21:50When the sea is rough
21:51Or it's pouring with rain
21:53I mean just looking at it
21:56It's extraordinary
21:56It's like a
21:57I mean it's huge
21:58How many containers?
21:59Well several thousand on here
22:01And as I say
22:01This one's got a draft of 16 and a half metres
22:03So it's one of the deepest
22:05That can come to the UK
22:06It's an amazing thing
22:07I had no idea they were so big
22:09So here's the hatchway
22:10Oh right that's your
22:11This is my bit now
22:12Coming up
22:13So I'll be boarding shortly
22:14It's the job of Cox and Matt
22:20To bring the pilot boat
22:21As close to the MSC rows as possible
22:23He'll utilise the specially designed fenders
22:27That will let the launch get alongside
22:29Without damaging the hull
22:31Right well
22:32I hope you have a lovely time
22:33Thanks very much
22:34See you
22:35Do you want to bring it back?
22:40Travelling at a steady rate of 7 knots
22:42Around 8 miles per hour
22:44Matt must match the speed of the MSC rows perfectly
22:47So that Jonathan is able to step safely across
22:51Consummate artist
22:55That was very elegant Jonathan
22:57See you
22:59Bye folks
23:00It's just extraordinary
23:01A little door opens in the side of this enormous ship
23:0523 miles offshore in the North Sea
23:08And Jonathan leaps without a second thought
23:10From this vessel onto that
23:12He's quite excited
23:14It's an Indian crew
23:15And apparently the lunch is really really good
23:17So I'm disappointed I'm not going with him
23:18It's just this little thing
23:20It's like you know
23:21One small leap for a man
23:22One great leap for international trade
23:24Without pilots getting on ships like that
23:26Containers wouldn't arrive
23:28Wouldn't be offloaded
23:29This apparently has got all our Christmas stuff coming in
23:32So we're filming this in August
23:34But that's stuff that's going to be in the shots of Christmas
23:36So your Christmas present is probably on board there
23:39And it's thanks to Jonathan
23:40And his plate of onion barges
23:42That is shortly to be delivered to him
23:44That that's happening at all
23:46Under Jonathan's watchful eye
23:49The MSC Rose slowly but majestically
23:51Glides into her next port of call
23:54Felixstowe
23:55She is part of the 95% of goods
23:59Coming in and out of Britain by sea
24:01Much of it through forecast area Thames
24:04Not only is Felixstowe the UK's largest container port
24:09But area Thames also includes the Port of London
24:12Which shifts more tonnage than any other
24:15Humber, Thames, Dover, White
24:22Variable 2 to 4
24:24Becoming south or southeast
24:263 to 5
24:27Occasionally 6 later
24:28But ships trading the waters of Thames is nothing new
24:33For years this coast was busy with sailing barges
24:39Flat-bottomed, red-sailed and particular to Thames
24:43These are different to the barges you might have seen on canals and rivers
24:46I've come to St. Joseph's boatyard
24:52Just west of Clacton-on-Sea in Essex
24:55This site has been a port since 1214
24:59And was a regular end point for the Thames sailing barges
25:02Carrying cargo like sugar and grain
25:04To and from London
25:06Oh, welcome Richard
25:11Hi Jay
25:11Welcome to Sailing Barge May
25:13Thank you
25:13Would you like to come aboard?
25:14I'd love to
25:15Cool, let's go
25:16She's covered in tarpaulin at the moment
25:21So it's hard to tell
25:22But when she was built 134 years ago
25:25Barges like the May here
25:27Were the workhorses of the Thames
25:29There's a little rope there to hang on to
25:31As you come to the steppe
25:32Look at this
25:34What an absolute beauty
25:36It's like going back in time
25:39Very much so
25:40So this is the May
25:42This is the May
25:43She's a Thames sailing barge
25:45Yep, she's a Thames sailing barge
25:46Oh my gosh, look at this
25:47It's like something from
25:48You feel like you're almost in
25:49Sort of Horatio Hornblower world
25:51Don't you?
25:51It's like all those traditional
25:52Boat building methods
25:54Yeah
25:54And what's special about a Thames sailing barge?
25:57They have adapted for use
25:59So they're really good for
26:01Maybe two people to sail
26:02Which is what they used to do
26:03In their trading days
26:04So just two people on a boat this size?
26:06Two people could sail her, yeah
26:08Really?
26:08And they used to carry a huge amount of cargo
26:10And what's this big centre thing?
26:14This is called a kelson
26:15It's like a keel on a boat
26:18But you don't have a keel on a barge, do you?
26:20You don't have a keel on a barge
26:20Because they have to have a flat bottom
26:22So the keel's on the inside
26:24So it's for strength
26:25Strength, that's it
26:25Because if you're carrying a big
26:26I mean, it's a big boat, isn't it?
26:28She's a big boat
26:28Yeah, she is a big boat
26:30Oh, look at this
26:30It's absolutely gorgeous
26:31And you've got lots of bits
26:32I want to ding the bell
26:33Can I ding the bell?
26:34You can ding the bell
26:34From the 17th century
26:40These ingenious flat-bottomed sailing barges
26:43Were the perfect way to transport cargo
26:46From rural creeks and backwaters
26:48In East Anglia and Essex
26:49Along the Thames estuary
26:51To the clamour of the London docks
26:53This would have all been originally
26:59Grain, sugar, whatever it might be
27:02Yeah, she'd have literally just carried out
27:04Carried a cargo
27:05And there would have been
27:06The mate's cabin up the front
27:08And then, or forward
27:09And then the skipper would have been
27:11At the back
27:12In the aft cabin
27:13And what was the accommodation like?
27:15Oh, it was pretty basic
27:16It was, but it was
27:17It was very basic
27:17After 70 years carrying grain and flour
27:21May was brought by Tate and Lyle
27:23In the 1960s
27:25And used for sugar transportation
27:26But sailing barge May's story
27:29Doesn't end here
27:30She is now home to the
27:32Bread and Roses Barge
27:34A burgeoning social enterprise
27:36That will soon turn May
27:37Into a floating bakery
27:39We want to be able to
27:41Sail from port to port
27:43And invite women, particularly women
27:46To come on board
27:47That have been through trauma
27:48That have been through trauma in their lives
27:49We want to have a baker with us
27:52So the bakery will be up and running
27:54And we'll be taking fresh bread
27:56To the different ports that we go to
27:58Interesting thing strikes me
27:59Is that traditionally
28:01We're in what would have been
28:02An almost exclusively male environment
28:04Absolutely
28:04Clearly you're using space in a different way
28:07Here
28:08Definitely
28:08Women were often in the background
28:10With barge sailing
28:11They were the wives of the skippers
28:14But they weren't actually recognised
28:16For what they were doing
28:17So it's quite important to us
28:19That women are now
28:20The forefront of the project
28:22A nice idea then
28:23That it's women who would have not
28:25Traditionally been included
28:26In the conversation
28:26Are the ones who are
28:27Leading the conversation
28:28Absolutely, yeah
28:29I think also for people
28:31Who are in recovery perhaps
28:32For one thing or another
28:33This would be a great place to come
28:34It's amazing how people
28:36Sitting around the table
28:37With like-minded women
28:39Will actually talk
28:41In a way that they probably wouldn't
28:43If they were in their own homes
28:44Or, you know, in the pub
28:46Or something
28:46So it does create
28:48Quite a special atmosphere on here
28:50To help fill the coffers
28:53Jane offers afternoon tea
28:54From the barge
28:55Topped up with grants
28:59The charity aims to have
29:00The bakery up and running
29:01By early 2026
29:03I mean, lots of people
29:05Feel very nostalgic
29:06For Thames barges, I think
29:08They do, yeah, they do
29:09And everyone has someone
29:10In their life
29:11Who would have been affected
29:11By the sort of issues
29:12That you want to talk about
29:14Yeah, yeah
29:15Unfortunately, it's quite common
29:17We all like a cake, don't we?
29:19We all like a cake
29:19Do you know what we're having
29:20On the menu, Jo?
29:21There's a blueberry
29:22And homemade lemon curd cake coming
29:25Okay, can I just say
29:26That if any member of the crew
29:28Attempts to eat a slice of that
29:29You have full commission
29:31To smack them with a wooden spoon
29:32It's not happening
29:33They're yours then
29:35Thank you
29:35Okay
29:36But I'll have to wait
29:42To get my hands on that cake
29:43As the guests
29:44From just up the river
29:45At Breitlingsea
29:46Are about to arrive
29:47Just watch the slightly wobbly
29:51Because it's floating
29:52This pontoon
29:53Got it
29:53This is where we're going
29:55To meet everybody
29:55So this is like your drive
29:58Kind of
29:59This is like our drive, yeah
30:01That's our boat, Jane, right?
30:05Yeah, that's your boat
30:06Yeah
30:06That's the one from the harbour
30:08Your happy customers
30:09With all the, yeah
30:10Happy customers
30:11They'll have had a really lovely trip up
30:13On such a nice calm day
30:14I like the idea of having a leisurely little sailor
30:17On the river to come to tea
30:19That's nice
30:20I know
30:20It's very popular, I must say
30:22When the bakery is fully operational
30:25This will be a women-only space
30:27But for the money-raising afternoon teas
30:30Everyone is welcome
30:31Hello, and you're
30:35Hi, Beverly
30:36Hello there
30:37Hi, yeah
30:37And you're
30:38Hello, John
30:39Richard
30:39Hello, I'm Karen
30:40Hello, Karen
30:41Richard
30:41Back on board, Jane very quickly hands me a pinny
30:50And puts me to work
30:51There's no such thing as a free tea
30:54Tea delivery on a hot day
30:58Madam, I have a cup of tea
31:00A pot of tea, but it's very hot
31:02Did you pick up another tea?
31:08Utterly exhausted by my exertions
31:11I sit down for a well-earned rest
31:13And a slice of the cake I was promised
31:15To chat to Helen
31:16One of the women who's benefited
31:18From this most versatile of barges
31:20What brought you to Bread and Roses?
31:23So, I've seen what they do
31:26How the women
31:27Help women
31:28And followed it on Facebook
31:30And then someone turned up at my door
31:32Jane
31:33And said
31:34We're looking for someone to be a life-drawing model
31:37In barge
31:40And I was like
31:41Yeah, I'll do it
31:43Like you do
31:44Never, ever, ever been a life model before
31:47Why did you say yes?
31:49Because I felt I could go
31:50And I was allowed to talk about my journey
31:52If I can go to these people
31:54Show them my scars
31:56Show them my prosthetics
31:57Just tell them about my journey
31:59So, you had breast cancer
32:01Yes
32:02And you had surgery for breast cancer
32:04Yes, yeah
32:04Full mastectomy
32:05Okay
32:06Followed by chemotherapy
32:07Radiotherapy
32:08And then drugs as well
32:10So, pretty punishing
32:11Yeah, it was pretty cruel
32:13You look in the mirror
32:14And every day
32:14You see that scar
32:16And it brings back memories
32:18Of the treatment
32:19And the fact that you have had breast cancer
32:20And it could come back
32:22That's, you know, that's a fact
32:24So, to actually come and show other women
32:27What they might look like
32:29Was a big factor
32:31So, that's a really interesting thing to do, I think
32:34Because you're turning something
32:35Which lots of people have a prayer
32:36Into something that's a bit less dreadful, right?
32:39Yes
32:39I can do this
32:40You can do this too
32:41Yeah, absolutely
32:42To come on here
32:43And speak to other women
32:45And just pass on that
32:47And that's because it's a safe space to do it?
32:49Yeah, absolutely
32:50I knew it was women here
32:52And they look after women
32:54And it's
32:54The whole
32:56Just the boat
32:57The essence of it
32:58Is just amazing
32:59Yeah
33:00I was just struck by
33:01This was built
33:02As a very male environment, wasn't it?
33:05Yes
33:05Guys
33:06Sailing barges up and down
33:09Full of grain
33:09Yeah
33:10And it's really radically changed now
33:13That space
33:13It's
33:14Yeah
33:14It's amazing
33:15Thanks to these ladies
33:16You know
33:17They've done an amazing job
33:18Yeah
33:19What an honour to chat to Helen
33:24And what a lovely way
33:27For sailing barge may
33:28For sailing barge may's story
33:28To continue
33:29There are warnings of gales
33:38In Viking 40s
33:39Cromity
33:40Fourth
33:40Shannon
33:41Caroline
33:44Caroline
33:45The sound of the land
33:46Caroline
33:47The sound of the nation
33:49Caroline
33:51Ah, 1964
33:58The sun
33:59The sun seemed brighter
34:00The air fresher
34:01And three miles off the Essex coast
34:04An old trawler
34:05Anchored just inside international waters
34:07Began broadcasting pop music
34:09To the nation
34:10This is Radio Caroline
34:13This is Radio Caroline on 199
34:14Your all day music station
34:15We are on the air every day
34:17From six in the morning
34:18To six at night
34:19Before this
34:24The BBC held the monopoly
34:25On radio broadcasting in Britain
34:27And they only begrudgingly
34:29Played a couple of hours
34:30Of pop a week
34:31Radio Caroline
34:33Changed that overnight
34:34Thrusting
34:35Rock and roll
34:36Onto the airwaves
34:37Kickstarting
34:38A revolution
34:39For me as a kid
34:41Growing up in the 60s and 70s
34:42Pirate radio was
34:44Everything music should be
34:45Rebellious
34:46Anarchic
34:47And loads of fun
34:48So here I am
34:51Following in the footsteps
34:52Of the Caroline DJs
34:54Aboard a fishing boat
34:55Bound for this ship itself
34:57Luckily for me
34:59She is now only a mile
35:01Off the Essex coast
35:02Owner Peter Moore
35:04Has been keeping her spirit alive
35:06For 40 years
35:07And what was your first impression
35:09When you got involved with it?
35:11That it was like a Mad Hatter's tea party
35:13I'm sensing that would be
35:15Congenial company for you
35:16Yeah
35:16Anything that operates
35:17Without the law
35:18Obviously attracts
35:20A lot of unusual people
35:21My general script
35:23Was to say
35:24Okay here we are
35:25You can be here
35:27For 15 minutes
35:28Or three weeks
35:29You choose
35:30Yeah
35:30And some just couldn't cope
35:32Despite the obvious fun
35:36That would be had
35:36On a pirate radio station
35:38Taking a job on board
35:39Did involve a certain
35:40Steeliness
35:42Well I was thinking
35:43If you are in a forced tail
35:44And you're 20 miles offshore
35:46What happens?
35:47You either sink or you don't
35:49I mean that's the truth
35:50The ships were not
35:52Particularly well maintained
35:53And they were old
35:54How near did you get to disaster?
35:58We encountered disaster
36:00Maybe six to eight times
36:02Really?
36:02The first ship went adrift
36:04Finally it sank
36:06That was all due to the northeasterlies
36:09They were the killer
36:09The second ship was more robust
36:12But it also fell into disrepair
36:14And ultimately it was shipwrecked
36:17So we had a litany of disasters
36:19One of the station's most famous alumni
36:22Tony Blackburn
36:23Was caught up in one of those disasters
36:25When the original Radio Caroline boat
36:27Ran aground in 1966
36:29He and his fellow DJs were rescued
36:35And given a very rock and roll cup of tea
36:38Today the MS Ross Revenge
36:43Is the nautical home for Radio Caroline
36:45It's a lovely shape to see
36:50I'm kind of with you
36:51It takes a lot of boxes for me too
36:53And it's played such an important part
36:55Well in my life actually
36:56And the lives of a lot of people
36:57And there she is
36:58Well it's part of British history now
37:00In need of a little TLC
37:03Peter is currently fundraising
37:05To give Caroline a facelift
37:07I guess that's just one of those things
37:09You could pour endless money out
37:11Yeah
37:11But an owner's suite I'm thinking
37:13With maybe a jacuzzi perhaps
37:15Well that is the first expense
37:17Yeah
37:18And also stopping it sinking
37:20Home to Radio Caroline since 1981
37:24The Ross Revenge is a 71 metre former trawler
37:27Built in Germany in 1960
37:30Former DJ Bob Lawrence has offered
37:38To show me around the old girl
37:40Oh
37:41Now this is what I was looking for
37:44A proper ship
37:45You see
37:45This is what she was
37:47A fishing trawler
37:48Would you describe it
37:49As a very bespoke conversion
37:51I think it was probably
37:54A quick conversion
37:57But actually the most obvious thing about it
38:00Is the mast
38:01Yes
38:02The small mast
38:03And that enables you to speak peace unto the nations
38:06As they say
38:07To broadcast where?
38:08With 300 feet in 83
38:11It was covering all of northwest Europe
38:14Up into Scandinavia
38:15There were reception reports occasionally from the estates
38:18Really?
38:19Yeah
38:19But it's also interesting that people find that voice
38:22Coming to them late at night, early in the morning
38:24Whether they're ashore or afloat
38:26It's a connection
38:28A human connection
38:30And that's a really important thing
38:31I can tell you now
38:32When I was on Radio Caroline
38:34In the late 70s
38:36We would listen to the shipping forecast
38:39And if you imagine in the pitch black
38:42The dark nights
38:44But when the shipping forecast was on
38:47It was a shared experience
38:49We were all listening
38:50When that voice on Longwave
38:54Said northeasterly, force 10
38:56Sometimes gale force
38:58You know
38:58We knew we were in for it
39:00And we had no choice
39:02The fishing boats
39:05Those little lights
39:06They could
39:07Let's go ho
39:08We'll go back to port
39:09We couldn't
39:09The legality of the situation
39:11Was if we went back into territorial waters
39:13We'd be arrested
39:14You're going to have to sit it out
39:15Sit it out
39:16And hope
39:17That nothing untoward happened
39:19But for music lovers
39:25Being stuck out at sea
39:26On a pirate radio ship
39:27Isn't the worst thing in the world
39:30So imagine these stairs
39:36In a storm, Richard
39:37Oh, not really
39:38As you climb up
39:40Blimey, it's steep, isn't it?
39:41It is
39:41And this is
39:43Well, we've got studios here
39:44This
39:45Is my favourite room on the ship
39:47Oh
39:48This is
39:49The record library
39:51Oh, I'm Howard Carter
39:52And it's Tutankhamen's tomb
39:54I see such treasures
39:55Look at this
39:56Oh, it's lovely
39:57This is
39:59Oh, that is wonderful
40:00I mean, it's your life
40:01In 12-inch portions, isn't it?
40:03Absolutely
40:03I mean, to those of us
40:05Of a certain age
40:06This was
40:06The thrill
40:07The excitement
40:07Of going to the record shop
40:08Getting the album
40:09Getting the single
40:10Taking it out of the cover
40:11The artwork
40:12The smell of the van
40:13The little crackle
40:13Of that static
40:14Absolutely
40:15All of those things
40:16And to you and me
40:17This is a treasure house, right?
40:18How did you get involved
40:19With Radio Caroline, Bob?
40:22When I was 10
40:23I fell hook, line and sinker
40:26For the station
40:27Listened to the station
40:29And eventually
40:30It took me three goes
40:32But I eventually managed
40:34To get a job
40:35I'd turned 18 in the July
40:38And in the August
40:39I was on not this ship
40:41But our previous ship
40:42It was the start of
40:45The most exciting two years of my life
40:47There was this young 18-year-old
40:50From a council estate
40:51In South London
40:52Suddenly put into this environment
40:54With people
40:55Very disparate people
40:58A whole bunch of people
40:59Who would also have one thing in common
41:00Which is the idea of a renegade life
41:03Would appeal, yeah?
41:04Absolutely appealed
41:05Yeah
41:06I mean, the rebel in me
41:08I'm still a rebel at heart
41:10But do you know what I mean?
41:12We were a rock and roll radio station
41:14Yeah
41:15We were hip
41:16Yeah, I'm glad you say that
41:17Because being hip
41:19I'm looking around
41:19At this treasure vault
41:22Which I noticed is alphabetised
41:24And wondering just
41:25Where
41:26Randomly
41:28Pick a letter from the alphabet
41:29C
41:30Wondering where the C's
41:31Where would the C's be?
41:33And the C's would be roughly
41:34Here
41:35Here
41:36Oh
41:36Here are the C's
41:39And
41:39Just so happens that my
41:42Hand falls upon
41:46Two classic albums of the 1980s
41:50As fresh today
41:51As ever they were
41:53It just so happens
41:55That I was in the commune
41:57No
41:58Yes, how funny those should be
42:00Were you the drummer or something?
42:01No, I was
42:02I like to think of myself as the inspiration
42:04The heart, the mind, the soul
42:05That some guy sang
42:06And I did the keyboards and stuff
42:10Do you know, I haven't actually held
42:12Seriously, I haven't actually held
42:13A vinyl copy of one of our albums
42:15In probably 30 years
42:17Yeah, well there you go
42:18Radio Caroline continues to broadcast daily
42:22But these days it's only live from the ship
42:25Once a month
42:26DJ Ellie is one of the current presenters
42:30Hello Ellie
42:31Hello
42:31This is very exciting
42:33It is lovely here
42:34So this is the famous historic Radio Caroline studio
42:39The historical Radio Caroline studio
42:42One of two
42:42And how long have you been on Radio Caroline?
42:46I've been on Radio Caroline almost a year now
42:48It's quite, quite impressive
42:50And I'm sensing that you're one of the younger on-air talent here
42:54Yes, I'm the youngest female presenter on Radio Caroline
42:58How old?
42:59Eighteen
43:00Oh blimey
43:00Freshly 18
43:01First job
43:02Yeah, definitely
43:04And why do you want to do it?
43:05I just love radio
43:07I love talking
43:08And this has got a lot of history behind it obviously
43:10And it's just such a cool thing to do
43:12You're never on your own doing radio
43:14You might be in a room on your own
43:15But you never feel like you're on your own
43:17And logistically, how do you do it?
43:19Do you take the boat out very early in the morning
43:22And do your morning show?
43:23So I could do it from here
43:25But it's obviously, I have a show six or seven o'clock every weekday
43:29So it'll be kind of difficult
43:31I've got a studio at home
43:32Yeah
43:32There's a studio in Kent as well
43:35But I record from home
43:36And put my show on air
43:38And pre-recorded
43:39I mean, the old days of course
43:40DJs came out here
43:41But there was no going home, right?
43:42Yeah
43:43They went and did weeks at a time
43:44Yeah
43:44Not like that for you
43:45How do you think you'd have coped in the old days?
43:47I do think it would have been an experience
43:49To stay out here for weeks doing shows
43:53I'd definitely love to do that
43:55But I also quite enjoy having my own studio
43:58My own space for it
43:59Yeah
44:00But it's not the same
44:01But if you were, for example, to interview
44:03Just for example
44:05A legendary 80s show business
44:08God, is that too much?
44:10Is that too strong a word?
44:11Would you want to do that here?
44:13I'd do it here
44:13Did you want an interview?
44:14Me?
44:16No, I'd love to be interviewed by you
44:17Good morning
44:28Now today we have the one and only
44:32Reverend Richard Coles
44:34Hello
44:35Hi Ellie, how are you?
44:36Good, how are you?
44:37Very well, thanks for having me
44:39It's a pleasure to be on board Radio Caroline
44:41It's so awesome
44:42Now, have you ever listened to Radio Caroline in the past?
44:45I've listened to everything on Radio Caroline
44:49I grew up in a world where we used to phone dial a disc
44:51We used to literally phone up to hear the latest number one record
44:54So yeah, I have listened to Radio Caroline
44:55And do you think your band has played much on Radio Caroline?
44:59Well, I've had a little look through the vinyl library next door
45:04And I'm happy to say that there's strong representation of the communards there
45:07So I'd like to think we did go out once in a while
45:09Yeah, you definitely do
45:11And it is so cool to have you here with us today
45:15Well, thank you, it's a pleasure to be here
45:16Radio Caroline epitomises a sense of daring doom
45:33A rebellious spirit of adventure and risk-taking
45:35That also perfectly encapsulates shipping area Thames
45:40It's about goods going out
45:42It's about goods coming in
45:43It's the pilots at Harwich
45:45Ensuring those massive container ships get in safely
45:47It's about the sea scouts at Greenwich
45:50The Royal Naval College
45:51Where so many seafarers
45:52Well, there it all began for there
45:53But like a great city, of course
45:56There's its renegade fringe
45:57There's the imaginative work being done
45:59By bread and roses
46:00On those converted Thames sailing barges
46:03At Breitling Sea
46:04And then, of course, there's the pirate ships
46:06To end all pirate ships
46:07Radio Caroline
46:08Sending out its message on a completely new voyage
46:11Out across the coast
46:13And into a waiting world
46:29Arte from harvey
46:46On the way
46:55On the way
46:56Together
46:57On the way
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