Sailor (TV series)
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Sailor was a major BBC television documentary series, first shown in 1976, about life on board the fourth HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. It followed the ship on a five-and-a-half-month deployment to North America in 1976.
Sailor | |
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Genre | Documentary |
Directed by | John Purdie |
Opening theme | "Sailing" by Rod Stewart |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Roger Mills |
Producer | John Purdie |
Production location | HMS Ark Royal in North Atlantic |
Cinematography | Patrick Turley |
Camera setup | Peter Gordon |
Running time | 326 mins. total |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 26 August (1976-08-26) ā 7 October 1976 (1976-10-07) |
The series was filmed after the completion of a major refit and coincided with the 21st anniversary of her commissioning. It is particularly noteworthy for its depiction of fixed-wing aircraft operation in the Royal Navy before its demise in 1978, with the paying off and scrapping of Ark Royal. It shows the Phantom, Buccaneer, Gannet, Sea King and Wessex air group from 809 Naval Air Squadron, 824 Naval Air Squadron, 849 Naval Air Squadron and 892 Naval Air Squadron.