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Great British Ships
55%
Series
2
12
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Great British Ships (2018) — AI TV series analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Great British Ships (2018) — a TV series tagged as Documentary with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Visiting the ships as they stand today, Rob Bell will reveal how and why these monumental vessels were originally built. He’ll uncover a murder on board on the Cutty Sark, reveal the mystery of why the Mary Rose sank and discover how HMS Belfast helped turn the tide on D-Day. From Nelson on board HMS Victory to Sir … Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for weekend binge sessions. Expect fast-paced storytelling across 2 seasons.
Community signal: TMDb members rate Great British Ships 55% (4 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this TV series.
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Synopsis
Visiting the ships as they stand today, Rob Bell will reveal how and why these monumental vessels were originally built. He’ll uncover a murder on board on the Cutty Sark, reveal the mystery of why the Mary Rose sank and discover how HMS Belfast helped turn the tide on D-Day. From Nelson on board HMS Victory to Sir Francis Drake on the Golden Hind, Rob will reveal how daring, genius and dazzling invention led to Britain becoming the world’s greatest sea power.
Quick facts
- Type
- Series
- Status
- Ended
- Release date
- 2018-09-20
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 12
- TMDB rating
- 5.5
- TMDB ID
- 121856
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Visiting the ships as they stand today, Rob Bell will reveal how and why these monumental vessels were originally built. He’ll uncover a murder on board on the Cutty Sark, reveal the mystery of why... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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How many seasons of Great British Ships are there?
There are currently 2 seasons of Great British Ships documented in the community database.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Rob Bell
Narrator
- E
Eric Grove
Self-Professor
- P
Paul Pattison
Self-Historian
- J
Joanna Thomas
Self-Curator
- S
Simon Potter
Self-Historian
- R
Robert Rumble
Self-Assistant Curator
- N
Nigel Corlett
Self
- B
Brian Lavery
Self-Naval Historian
- N
Nicola Grahamslaw
Self-Ship's Conservation Engineer
- R
Ron Yardley
Self-Vetaran

Martin Mares
Self-Naval Historian
- T
Toby Milligan
Self-Curator
- J
Joanne Poole
Self-Tudor Historian
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