The Ship — Season 1, Episode 4: Time Travellers
Documentary • 50 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
As the Endeavour heads towards Jakarta, the navigating team face their biggest challenge to date when they take over the ship using only Captain Cook's charts and instruments. The crew's joy at catching a fish proves short-lived on 11 September when, over satellite telephone, news breaks of terrorist atrocities in America.
About The Ship
The Ship: Retracing Cook's Endeavour Voyage is a documentary film about a 21st-century voluntary crew on a six-week journey from the east coast of Australia to Jakarta, Indonesia retracing the famous voyage of Lieutenant James Cook aboard a replica of HM Bark Endeavour. The 55 men and women on board - among them the director, producer & cameraman Chris Terrill - came from several different countries and nationalities. The crew traced Cook's footsteps from one historical landmark to another. All of the volunteers lived and worked as 18th century sailors, but were not required to wear period costumes. The Ship had some modern conveniences: a satellite phone for emergencies, and a flush toilet in the lower deck for use while sailing in the Great Barrier Reef. The show originally aired on the BBC from 20 August to 24 September 2002. The trip was filmed a year earlier and the episode where the crew were informed of the 9/11 attacks was shown on 10 September 2002.