Force of Nature

Latest Episodes

• Season 1 Episode 4: The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst

  Insight into Donald Crowhurst's doomed attempt to win the 1968 round-the-world yacht race in a poorly built and ill-equipped trimaran. As the competition progressed, it seemed he was covering record-breaking distances and was actually leading the race. But he now faced the choice of taking the glory or admitting to his deceit - as it quickly transpired he was faking his results

• Season 1 Episode 1: Survival in the Southern Ocean

  Yachtsmen Pete Goss, Tony Bullimore and Raphael Dinelli describe their ordeal and the horrifying dilemmas they faced when a force 12 hurricane struck as they attempted to navigate the southern ocean during the 1996 Vendee Globe race

• Campbell's Final Run

  The career of Donald Campbell, whose obsession with speed drove him to reach 248mph on Lake Coniston in 1958 and achieve a unique double in Australia in 1964, breaking both the land and water speed records. Three years later, he was determined to be the first person to travel at 300mph on water, but his second attempt ended in disaster after his boat somersaulted and smashed into pieces. Last in series