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In Bligh's Wake

Television (Full Length) – 1983

This documentary charts the voyage from New Zealand to Tahiti of a replica of the HMS Bounty, destined to be the star of Kiwi director Roger Donaldson’s film of the famous mutiny. The boat was built in Whangerei from The Bounty’s original Admiralty plans, commissioned for an unmade David Lean film of the story. It's not all plain sailing as engines fail, the power supply falters and winds drop, but she arrives in Tahiti in time for the first scenes of the Mel Gibson-starring film. A parallel voyage in an open boat by one of Bligh's descendants also features.

Of all the stories of the sea, there is none quite like The Mutiny on the Bounty.
– Narrator

Produced by

  • TVNZ

  • Lynton Diggle Limited

Music

Music performedy by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Bernie Allen

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