Dan Snow joins After Dark to reveal the brutal reality of life of sailors during the golden age of sail. From the cat o' nine tails, to the pressgang, from scurvy to mutineers. How did people survive the most extreme conditions imaginable? Edited by Anna Brant. Produced by Freddy Chick, Mariana Des Forges and McKenna Fernandez. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. You can now watch After Dark on Youtube! www.youtube.com/@AfterDarkHistoryHit Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here. All music from Epidemic Sounds. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. #HistoryHitPodcast #AfterDark #DanSnow