Ghostboat on ITV1
 

For those of you living in the UK you might be interested to learn that Ghostboat is due to air on ITV1 at 9pm on Sunday 9 April. It's the first in a two-part drama set in the 1980s, starring David Jason as Jack Hardy, the sole survivor of a World War Two submarine disaster, who is astounded to learn his former vessel the Scorpion has resurfaced, miraculously intact. Recruited by Naval Intelligence to retrace the course and mission that led to her original disappearance, he soon finds himself fighting for his life.

Nemo

Some ones been reading the radio times.

Logged and put on wall to watch tv set to auto view kettle filled cake bought missed anything?

Hows the night in bankok by the way?

Looks good I shall be watching it. :ping:

The book's not bad either. I read it a little while ago, but the story revolves around a US boat not a British one. As far as I know it can only be bought second hand at the moment.

Nemo

It makes a change for an historical story to be anglicised-what a piece of ******* U-571 was.

For those in the UK who watched the excerpt on Parkinson tonight the naval intelligence officer was wearing wings on his sleeve( naval aviator) AND dolphins.AS IF THAT IS TRUE?

Submarines do fly only when emergency blowing but still :D

Dont know how he can be both at the same time, plus the Fleet air arm wear air force uniforms.

FAA wear naval uniform except when flying.Then they use standard UK issue.

GHOST BOAT ON TONIGHT :up:

I thought that was very good...can't wait to see how it pans out tomorrow :up:

So what was peoples opinion of the series ?

I must admit, that I can't take David Jason seriously. I have expected him to turn to the the captain and say "you plonkler... now look what you've gone and done !!"

The plot was quite good.. and the pace just right, and nice to see somthing "british" on UK TV

It seemed strange though.. given the sub was supposedly posesed and had control over things (like surfacing at exactly 10 O'Clock), yet why did it allow Hardy to sabotage the torpedo tube wiring... Uhmm

Still, glad I didn't miss it

My answer is in this tread -

http://www.subsim.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=51056

Wow, this is pretty amazing. In 1980, when I was 14 years old, a friend gave me this book, which I still have, called 'Ghostboat'. I've probably read it over a dozen times over the years. This is the book that started my love of the US fleet sub and later, submarines in general. I have amassed quite a collection of submarine related books, videos, models, etc. all because of this book. And now it's amazing to learn that a movie was made from it. I've always daydreamed of this being done. In fact, I always pictured Parnell Roberts from the 'Trapper John, M.D.' tv show in the role of Jack Hardy. Hopefully, it will be released commercially. I can live with the fact that it's on a British sub and not a fleet boat.

Gus

Its acctualy filmed on a german u boat in italy if im correct there lol

You're right Kapitan, the boat used in Ghostboat was in fact the one used in the movie U-571 made up a bit to look like a British boat. I still have Ghostboat recorded on my HD/DVD player and have yet to get round to actually watching it!

Nemo