BERGCAST – Episode 27 – HMS Defiant (1962)

In this episode of BERGCAST we take to the high seas as, rather than performing our usual deep dive, we stay afloat in the Kneale-scripted 1962 broadsides-and-sails spectacular HMS Defiant. Joined by film academics Prof. Melanie Williams and Dr. Mark Fryers, we investigate whether a ship is the best metaphor for the British class system, how Dirk Bogarde went from being known for light comedies to being a go to for faintly pervy villains, why the British don't do revolutions and ask the question: is the real villain always in middle management? You can find Sixties Cinema Reconsidered here , Celluloid Tales: Norfolk Film History here , and Invictawood: The Story of Kent and the Silver Screen here.

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This episode is 63:08 long.

This episode was published on Oct 1, 2021.

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