


Nelson's Caribbean Hell-Hole: An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered
Nelson's Caribbean Hell-Hole: An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered
After the discovery of human bones on a beach in Antigua, historian Sam Willis investigates one of the darkest chapters of Britain's imperial past. As archaeologists excavate a mass grave of British soldiers, he explores the island's ruins and discovers how the sugar islands of the Caribbean were rife with sun, sea, war, tropical diseases and poisoned rum
Nelson's Caribbean Hell-Hole: An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered airs on BBC Four HD at 2:30 AM, Wednesday 30 July. (Subtitles, sign language.)
Topics
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Dr Sam Willis
Presenter
Rupert Edwards
Producer
Tim Green
Executive Producer