Battleships programme on C4

Channel 4 (UK) are showing this (which may be of interest to some) *grin* I
think that it's a four part series, here's the info from the C4 site, there's
no info for any programmes past 13th April.

BATTLESHIPS

19:00 31 March

Spanning almost two centuries - from the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf
War
- Battleships explores the evolution of battleship design from canvas to

steam, timber to steel, cannon to missile.

The first programme covers the period between 1800 and 1914, starting with the
British, French, Spanish and Dutch building and defending their empires
through the firepower of their sail-driven battle fleets. But the stakes

were soon raised by the industrial revolution, steam propulsion and France's
revolutionary ironclad fighting ship, Gloire.

In less than a lifetime, steam had taken over from sail, wood had given way to
steel armour, and sweeping changes in ordnance had revolutionised naval
warfare.

19:00 7 April

The second programme covers the period 1914 to 1918. When war broke out in
August 1914, the strength and number of battleships of the opposing British
and German fleets reflected the maritime might of both nations. Never before
in history had two such powerful battle fleets been assembled to fight a war
of such scale.