Trawlermen (2006)
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 4 seasons, 19 episodes
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This BBC documentary series follows the crews of trawlers fishing out of Peterhead and Fraserburgh in Scotland. It shows the daily work and challenges of life at sea on a fishing boat.
observationalgrittyfactualstraightforwardlow-keyearnestno-nonsense
What happens
Trawlermen is a BBC television documentary programme focusing on the work of a number of trawler crews based in Peterhead and Fraserburgh. The programme is narrated by the actors Ken Stott and Peter Capaldi. Four series and a special have been broadcast, totalling 20 episodes. The first series of 5 episodes was first broadcast in 2006 and was stripped across 7.00pm on weekdays. A further 5 episodes were first aired in 2007, 6 in 2008 and a fourth series of 3 episodes in 2009. A special was broadcast in 2010. The TV stations Blighty, Dave and Watch all repeat some episodes from the programme. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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