May 03, 2010
59 min
Full-HD

Dive, Dive, Dive! with Robert Llewellyn (2010)

Robert Llewellyn examines the enduring appeal of submarine movies, finding a beached Cold War Russian nuclear sub on the Medway and WWII German U-boat pens on the French coast.

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BBC Scotland

Robert Llewellyn

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