BBC Radio Podcasts from Britain at Sea

21st Century

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy since the end of the Cold War.

Lord West on the Royal Navy in the Falklands War, in which his own ship was sunk.

How Britain and Navy came to focus on the North Atlantic in the late Cold War.

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's nuclear submarines, and their wider impact.

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy's role in Britain's withdrawal from empire.

Lord West describes how the Royal Navy fought a series of conflicts in the early Cold War.

Lord West explains how the Royal Navy adjusted after the Second World War.

Lord West tells the story of the Royal Navy in the Pacific during the Second World War.

Lord West travels to Malta to tell the story of the Second World War in the Mediterranean.

Lord West tells the story of the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

Lord West explores the Royal Navy's three very different battles between the wars.

Lord West looks at how the Royal Navy won the First World War.

Lord West looks at the Royal Navy's role at the start of the First World War.

Lord West looks at how a revolution in naval technology transformed ideas of warfare.

Admiral Lord West begins his history of the Royal Navy during the tumultous 20th century.