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The Warship: Tour of Duty

It's May 2021 and HMS Queen Elizabeth, higher than Nelson's Column, longer than the Houses of Parliament and weighing in at 65,000 tons, is about to set sail on her first-ever operational mission.

While exercising her rights of navigation in international waters, HMS Queen Elizabeth is faced by Russian warships diverted from the Black Sea to intercept her, as well as Russian aircraft scrambled from their base in Syria.

Following a welcome break in Cyprus, HMS Queen Elizabeth heads back to sea. But after passing through the Suez Canal, it's discovered that one sailor has contracted Covid. By the time the ship enters the Indian Ocean, Covid is spreading almost out of control, with 400 sailors in isolation. With almost a third of the ship's labour force out of commission, command has to find ways of keeping the aircraft carrier operational, or the deployment could be seriously compromised or even abandoned.

HMS Queen Elizabeth continues her journey to the South China Sea, but rampant Covid on board means she is not allowed to come ashore for any of the planned port visits. And on a stormy night in the northern part of the South China Sea, a convoy of Chinese vessels attempt to intercept the Queen Elizabeth. Britain's biggest warship takes unusual evasive action.

After travelling over 20,000 miles, HMS Queen Elizabeth heads from Japan back to Guam for vital maintenance. The ship and her escorts sail in convoy with the American, Japanese and Australian navies for a show of strength in China's backyard.

After six months at sea on her first operational deployment, HMS Queen Elizabeth departs the Pacific for the long voyage home. Although it will be two months before the ship arrives in Portsmouth, most are already thinking of family and Christmas.

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Six-part BBC Two series captures what life is actually like on Britain’s biggest warship, HMS Elizabeth

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Veteran documentary-maker Chris Terrill has a knack for combing through casts of thousands and finding the biggest characters, said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph . That talent is on full display in his “tremendously engaging” six-part series, The Warship: Tour of Duty , about Britain’s biggest warship, HMS Elizabeth (aka “Big Lizzie”).

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Among the show’s many colourful characters is Ronnie Lambert, who joined the Navy to kick his cocaine habit and is in trouble for going “a bit Awol”. There is also a “delightfully posh” sublieutenant, and an “endearingly naive” 21-year-old, who joined up “for the travel” and for the chance to deliver humanitarian aid, but isn’t keen on combat (“I don’t agree with war”). By focusing on people, not hardware, Terrill creates a film that is imbued with a “real sense of life”.

It’s true that it’s the people that make this series really sing, agreed Carol Midgley in The Times . But the “military detail” is fascinating too. “The fact that Britain’s biggest warship carries 18 F-35 stealth jet fighters worth £100m each is mind-blowing.” Filming took place in 2021, before Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine , but “let’s hope that he’s watching because this is basically a TV muscle-flex of military might, and an impressive one too”.

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Terrill spent months on Big Lizzie during the ship’s first operational deployment, and what he presents is an “odd combination of Top Gun and soap opera”, said Sarah Oliver in the Daily Mail . He said he wanted to capture what life is actually like on the warship. “Mission accomplished.”

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With no-holds-barred access to the ship and ship’s company, viewers will witness the tasks, triumphs, and tribulations of officers and ratings alike. The average age on board is just 24 and for many - like Helayna from the Wirral and ex drum n bass DJ Ronnie from Essex - this is their first time at sea. Through them and many others we experience the peril of life on the high seas as well as the fun and friendship that can be the reward of close-quarter living in a high-pressure, high-risk environment.

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