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2024 - 2024

An Ordinary Cargo Ship

10th July 2024

Episode 1

Young Deck Officer Arthur Hawkins (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) leaves his pregnant wife Maud (Nathalie Emmanuel) to join the San Demetrio. Shipping Manager Robert Dodds (Brian Cox) promises to keep an eye on Maud. Loading a vital and highly volatile cargo of Texas aviation fuel for the Royal Air Force, they set off in a convoy of other ships for England. On board is an American, Oswald Preston (Blair Redford). In the High Court in London, a court case starts.

A Jervis Day

10th July 2024

Episode 2

The convoy is attacked by a German Battleship. In a suicidal act of incredible courage, the outgunned HMS Jervis Bay engages her to give the convoy time to escape. But watched in horror by our crew, the battleship sinks the Jervis Bay and targets the convoy. Several cargo ships are sunk and then the San Demetrio herself comes under fire.

Goodbye Old Girl

10th July 2024

Episode 3

With men killed, on fire, badly damaged, the captain orders the crew to abandon ship into the lifeboats. The next day the other lifeboats are rescued, but one, with sixteen men aboard, several wounded, is missed. They endure a terrible storm and freezing cold. At last they see a ship on the horizon.

Freeze or Burn

17th July 2024

Episode 4

The ship is their own “San Demetrio”, horribly damaged, still on fire and liable to blow up at any time. As Chief Engineer Pollard (John Malkovich) puts it: their choice is stark. Stay on the lifeboat and freeze to death or climb back on board and get blown up. In London, Dodds breaks the news to Maud of the attack on the convoy. After another night in the lifeboat and close to death, Hawkins has no choice but to board the burning ship.

Let's Go Hunting

24th July 2024

Episode 5

A U-boat submarine starts to hunt our ship. Over enormous odds, the crew manage to fight the fires, but the injured crew men are weakening, especially Boyle. Back in London, Maud breaks the news to Hawkins’ parents and furiously defends his work in the merchant marine. The court case continues.

Goodnight Vienna

31st July 2024

Episode 6

Pollard works to get the ship moving, but the bridge and all the navigating equipment have been destroyed. The U-boat finds the San Demetrio and prepares to torpedo her unbeknownst to the crew who desperately attempt to get the engines working.

A Bicycle Built for Two

7th August 2024

Episode 7

In London Maud reads German claims that the whole convoy has been sunk and she has to hide her grief at a wedding . On board the San Demetrio, the injured Boyle falls unconscious, and they discover the serious injuries he has kept hidden.

At the Turning of the Tide

14th August 2024

Episode 8

Preston reveals he wants to get to England to join the RAF. The valiant Boyle succumbs to his injuries and Hawkins blames himself. In London, Dodds announces that two of the lifeboats have been rescued, but he must admit that Hawkin’s boat was not found, and they are presumed dead. Maud has to tell Hawkins’ parents the news.

Get Her Out of There

21st August 2024

Episode 9

On the ship, they fight a full-blown hurricane. They survive and sight land at long last, but don’t know where they are. Hawkins warns that if it’s German occupied France or Norway, he will sink the ship. In London, Winston Churchill is informed about the San Demetrio and orders the ship protected and brought home safely.

Back to the Day Job

28th August 2024

Episode 10

Maud and Dodds go to Glasgow to meet the ship. A crowd is shocked at the terrible damage. Hawkins is weak but greets Maud passionately. The crew, some on stretchers, are escorted ashore through a Royal Navy honor guard. As Hawkins goes, in a moment of huge respect, the guard snap to attention and sound “Captain Going Ashore”.

Boyle's Revenge

4th September 2024

Episode 11

The Judge delivers his findings in the British High Court in London, giving each man a salvage award. Hawkins, happily drunk, announces the birth of his and Maud’s daughter. After attempting to track Oswald Preston down to give him the ship’s ensign per the crew’s wishes, Dodds informs Hawkins that Preston has disappeared without a trace.

Top Cast

Thomas Brodie-Sangster•Nathalie Emmanuel•Brian Cox

Director

Misha Crosby

Writer

John Mawson

Action & Adventure Drama War & Politics

A raw young officer and a handful of desperate men. A thousand miles of enemy infested ocean: and a ship that would not die.

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Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Arthur Hawkins

Nathalie Emmanuel

Maude Hawkins

Brian Cox

Robert Dodds

John Malkovich

Chief Engineer Pollard

Harry Hamlin

Able Seaman Mortimer

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Craig Robert Young

Apprentice Jones

John Altman

Bosun Fletcher

Blair Redford

Deck Hand Preston

John Mawson

Captain Waite

Misha Crosby

3rd Engineer Willey

Juliet Aubrey

Joy Hawkins

Rupert Vansittart

Morris Hawkins

Paul Telfer

Able Seaman McNeill

Hugh Fraser

Justice Langton

Nicholas Hutchison

Mr Miller

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Zac Pile

Cadet Housden

Timothy Blore

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Christopher Tester

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Stephen Critchlow

2nd Steward Halloran

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Karim Kronfli

Storekeeper Davies

Declan Michael Laird

Greaser Boyle

Elizabeth Arends

Alice Clarke

James Simmons

Mr Haywood

Mark Prendergast

Able Seaman McLennan

Chris Finney

Chief Officer Wilson

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Wink Taylor

Winston Churchill

Tehmina Sunny

Amanda O'Shea

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Laurence Fuller

Commander Williams

Jenae Altschwager

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Klemens Koehring

1st Lieutenant Admiral Scheer

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Daniel Collard

Kapitan Kranke Admiral Scheer

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Rachel Rath

Assistant Coastguard

Richard Sanderson

Captain Fegen HMS Jervis Bay

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Kevin Marron

Coastguard

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Isaac Lancel-Watkinson

Robbie

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David Monroe

Stevedore Foreman

Unsinkable

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