Mutiny on The Bounty
Dan Snow's History Hit
History Hit
4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Numerous novels, TV shows and as many as 5 movies- including the Hollywood classic starring Clarke Gable and Marlon Brando - have immortalised the story of the Mutiny on the Bounty in the popular imagination forever. The mutiny on the HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the ship from their captain, Lieutenant Bligh, and set him and eighteen loyalists adrift in a rowing boat. The mutineers settled on Tahiti and Pitcairn Island, while Bligh navigated more than 4,000 miles in the rowing boat to safety. and began the process of bringing the mutineers to justice.
Direct descendent of lead mutineer Fletcher Christian, Harrison Christian joins Dan on the podcast to seperate the myth from the truth in this epic tale of a rebellious crew, a mammoth journey and a lost colony in the far-flung tropics of the Pacific Ocean. The legends started when William Bligh returned to Britain and immediately rewrote the facts of what happened to fit his narrative; novelists and film-writers have been doing the same ever since.
The producer was Mariana Des Forges and the audio editor was Dougal Patmore.
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| 0:00.0 | How long has it been since the girl ate? |
| 0:02.8 | Four months. |
| 0:04.4 | That's impossible. |
| 0:05.6 | The Wonder are filmed by Sebastian Lelio, |
| 0:08.2 | starring Academy Award nominee Florence Pue |
| 0:10.9 | and based on the book by Emma Donahue. |
| 0:13.1 | Nominated for 12 British independent film awards, |
| 0:15.6 | including Best British Film and Bestly Performance by Florence Pue. |
| 0:19.4 | Critics are calling it Sebastian Lelio's best film |
| 0:22.2 | and monumental performance by Florence Pue. |
| 0:25.1 | The Wonder. |
| 0:26.1 | Watch now only on Netflix. |
| 0:56.8 | This is another installment of Stephen Fry that listeners love. |
| 1:00.5 | There are some brilliant stories in here, |
| 1:02.5 | all told in a very Stephen Fry type of way. |
| 1:04.6 | You're going to love it. |
| 1:05.5 | Listen now. |
| 1:06.1 | Subscription required. |
| 1:07.2 | See audible.co.uk for terms. |
| 1:29.3 | Led by his former protégé, his great friend, Fletcher Christian, |
| 1:36.2 | the crew seized control of ship and they set him and 18 loyalists |
| 1:40.6 | on a ship's open launch. |
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