Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story

Name: Britain's Whale Hunters: The Untold Story
Genre: Nature
Released: 2014-06-09
Cast: Adam Nicolson

Network:BBC Four

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Aired on Jun 16, 2014, 8:00 PM

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Description

Adam Nicolson looks at how and why whale populations were so drastically reduced in the 20th century, and attempts to see whaling through the eyes of the time.

Details

Status: Ended
Language: English
Runtime: 60 min
Premiered: June 9, 2014
Ended: June 16, 2014
Schedule: Monday at 9:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 2 Episodes)

The Rise

Archive footage and testimony from the last of the whale hunters helps Adam Nicolson reveal what it was like to have hunted whales in Antarctica in the early 20th century.

Jun 9, 2014

60 min

The Fall

Granted access to ruined whaling stations on South Georgia, Adam Nicolson continues to explore the role British whalers played in Antarctic whaling as late as the 1960s.

Jun 16, 2014

60 min