Mutiny (2017): Season 1, Episode 5 - Episode #1.5 - full transcript

[tense music]

[Ant Middleton]
There's an old saying,

when ships were made of wood,
men were made of steel.

[Rishi] Come on boys!

[Rishi] Come on!

[narrator] In 1789, the crew
of a British navy ship

rose up and overthrew
their captain.

William Bligh, and the infamous
mutiny on the Bounty.

Bligh and a few loyal men
were bundled into a tiny boat

and abandoned
in the middle of the Pacific.

They should have died.



Instead they managed to sail
4,000 miles to safety

[unknown male] Wave! Wave!

[narrator]
through some of the most

unforgiving seas on Earth.

[Dan] Big waves.
Big, big waves.

[narrator] It remains one
of the greatest survival feats

of all time.

[adventure music]

[narrator] Now, nine men
are following the same route

in an identical boat,

facing the same conditions...

[vomiting]

to measure themselves
against history.

[Ant] Can the modern day man
endure such hardships?



[Chris] Come on lads, bail.

There's nothing normal
about being here. Nothing.

[Fred laughs] Yes!

[various crew members] Woo hoo!

[Ant] Be careful,
be careful, be careful...

[Dan] If we make it through
I think it's a huge triumph.

[Dan] Oh my God! It's a shark!

[Rishi] We return, victors.

If we make one mistake...

[Ant] Look, look, look!
[everyone] Whoa!

it's utter, utter disaster.

[music climaxes and fades]

[inspiring music]

[narrator] So far, injury...

I'm absolutely gutted, mate,
that you're going.

[narrator] And in-fighting...

[Chris] I'm just saying...
[Ant] Chris, Chris,

shut up for two seconds Chris.

[narrator] Have reduced
the Bounty's end crew

from nine to seven.

[Chris] I just want to get off
right this second.

[Ant] Chris has left.

Now we all stay united

and we all finish this
brothers in arms.

Get in.

[adventure music]

[narrator] After six weeks
at sea

they've made it 2800 miles
to Albany island.

Now, they are about to embark
on the final leg

of their 4,000 mile voyage.

[birds chirping]

[Conrad] Pull the boat in
before you pull the anchor out.

[Luke] Pretty heavy.

[Luke] You alright?
[Rishi] Yeah, yeah.

[Fred] We've made it
through everything else.

We are heading home
to our families and loved ones.

I'm looking forward to it.

I'm really
looking forward to it.

[Luke] Homeward bound.

[Rishi] This is it.

The next time we hit land,

we'll be free men.

[Ant] Right guys,
is everyone on board?

[unknown male]
Where's young Fred?

[narrator] But the crew
aren't safe yet.

For 43 days
they've been surviving

on the same meagre rations
as Bligh.

[Rishi] In terms of water,

we've got one, two, three,
four on the bow.

[narrator] They are now
very weak.

[Dan] We've got
a bunch of guys here who think

think that they're kind of
out of the woods,

they think
we're just sailing home,

10 days across the sea.

We're about to embark upon
1,200 miles of open ocean

with a bunch of emaciated guys

with no proper hydration
or nutrition.

Now if that's not something
that's dangerous,

I don't know what is.

[adventure music]

[suspenseful music]

[narrator] In 1789,

Captain Bligh needed to rally
his exhausted crew.

Their only hope of survival

was to make it
to the nearest safe port,

a Dutch trading post
on the island of Timor.

[eerie music]

[Bligh] I now gave everyone
hope that 8 or 10 days

might bring us
to a land of safety.

Our fortitude and spirit
remained.

Everyone being encouraged

by the hopes
of a speedy termination

to his misery.

[seagulls squawking]

[Ant] Back then,

those guys shouldn't
have survived, but they did.

[sails flapping]

Right guys, just listen in.

It comes down to leadership.

We've got it in our heads
that we're going home.

Let's get that out of our heads.

We're not going home,

we're just going to the next leg
which is Timor.

Let's get through this together,

let's get there
as a fucking brotherhood.

We are men, just like they were.

And I can lead the men
to the end of this voyage.

[Ant] Let's prove to everyone
that this can be done.

All these years later.

[adventure music]

[Dan] Are we gonna go for it
on this leg?

Every available opportunity?
Ha, look at him, he's a racer.

[Dan laughs] Fast as we can?

Fast as we can.
We're gonna power home.

[narrator] Yatch racer Conrad

wants to beat
Bligh's sailing time of 10 days.

[adventure music]

[Ant shouting] This is amazing!
[laughs]

[music fades]

This is probably
the calmest sea state we've had

for pretty much
the whole of the journey.

[adventure music]

[narrator] Three days in,
they are still flying.

If it stays like this,
it's the perfect finish.

I think we deserve
a little bit of luck.

[narrator] After five days,

they've reached the Arafura Sea
and are almost halfway to Timor.

[music climaxes and fades]

[Ant] Whoa,
look at the size of them!

Oh my God! Oh my God!
[laughs excitedly]

[Rishi] Oh guys,
you're putting on a show for us.

[Dan] This is un-fucking-real.

[Ant]
I'm getting sprayed by them.

I'm getting sprayed by them.

[crew members laugh]

[crew members] Whoa!

[all laugh]
[unknown male] Oh my God!

[Ant] There's not much
I haven't seen, but this...

wow.

[inspirational music]

[Rishi] I want to raise
our biltong to this brotherhood

because no one
will ever experience

what we've gone through
together.

And I just want to say
thanks lads,

it's been absolutely incredible.

[Conrad]
To the biltong brotherhood.

[unknown male]
To the brotherhood.

[all] Cheers.

[Dan] Fingers crossed,

it'll be this way
until the end, now.

[tranquil music]

[Dan] We should be able
to push home strong

and enjoy
these last few days properly.

[Rishi laughs]

[inspiring music]

[sails flapping softly]

[Sam] We've lost the wind.

[silent crew]

We are about halfway
to the finish line

and at about 7:30 this morning

we just stalled in the water.

Um...

Speed has reduced to nothing,

so we are just bobbing around
in the big blue sea

at the moment.

[eerie music]

[Ant] Guys.

Basically
we're gonna not be doing much

for the next 24 hours, okay?

We're gonna see how today goes
and how tonight goes,

and we will take it from there.
Okay?

So today, have a chat,

eat some coconuts,
eat some biscuits,

do what you've got to do,
but just chill.

That's all I want you to do,
and we'll get there.

We're fucking almost there
anyway.

Alright? Everyone happy?

[Rishi] Yeah.

[suspenseful music]

[narrator] The crew only have
enough water to last a week.

If they're stuck in the doldrums
for much longer,

they'll be forced
to cut their intake

and risk dehydration.

[Rishi] This really is up there

with the toughest conditions
we've endured.

It's unbearable.

The heat is unbearable.

[Dan] There's like bodies
strewn around the boat,

in corners, like,
in slightly contorted positions.

And I don't really want to see

what the next stage is
after this,

because this one's
pretty horrible.

[eerie music]

[narrator] At this stage
of Captain Bligh's journey,

conditions couldn't have been
more different.

[ominous music]

[Bligh] Sunday June 7th.

Fresh gales and squally.

[tense music]

With much wind
at south south east,

and east south east.

The sea was high
and breaking over us.

[rain and thunder]

We were constantly wet
and bailing.

But I saw every prospect
of a quick passage.

[suspenseful drumming]

[decrescendo]

[waves lapping]

[Luke] It's quite interesting
how different it is, isn't it?

[boat creaks softly]

They're making, like, quick,
quick passage, they're wet.

The complete opposite.

What I wouldn't give
for a bit of rain right now.

And a quick passage.

[Luke] Yeah, that's the thing.
- Quick passage.

[Rishi] They're cruising.
We are not.

We're trapped.

[ominous music]

Bligh, if you're watching,
we do respect you

and the conditions that you had
were tough,

all that rain and bailing,
freezing cold, but...

give this a go,
sitting here becalmed,

not going anywhere,
not doing anything

in 50 degrees of heat.

[narrator] Without wind,

the journey could take weeks,

but they will run out of water.

[tense music]

[narrator] Conrad,
the crew's ocean racer,

is becoming frustrated
at their lack of progress.

[waves lapping]

[Conrad] I'd prefer to be
a bit more proactive,

than just to sit and wait
for something to happen.

[Dan] The thing is,
is that we can't manifest wind.

[Rishi] No.
[Dan] It's not within our power.

So stressful, isn't it?

But here's a thought.

So, could we...

could we row for,
let's say, five hours a day?

And you may not think
that's very much,

but, you know, that might be
10 miles a day, which...

You know, even if it got us

50 miles further
down the course,

it might all make a difference.

No one's ever been successful
by sitting on their arse.

And that may be the difference
between a survivalist

and a sailor.

[deep rumble]

[narrator] Conrad's plan to row

goes directly against
Ant's orders to conserve energy.

[ominous music]

[Luke] I think that rowing
is ludicrous.

I think that rowing
is a bit dangerous for everyone.

Conrad's attitude is that
it might get us

to that bit of wind

which then takes us to the end.

Or it might take you away
from the wind.

Exactly.
That's what I was thinking.

No one knows what's happening.

We just need to wait
for the wind to come.

If it doesn't come,
it doesn't come.

This is over, end of story.

[deep rumble]

[boat creaking]

[suspenseful music]

[Dan] Just when you thought,

it couldn't get any stiller
or any slower,

this happens.

[eerie music]

I've never, ever seen
a sea this still in my life.

The reflections in the water
are almost like...

It's mirror-like.

[narrator] There's only
enough water for six more days.

[Ant] The game plan
hasn't changed guys,

so let's just sit her out
another couple of days.

Guys, I know it sucks,
but something has to change.

Everyone happy?

[unknown male] Yeah.

When I was sleeping last night,
or not sleeping,

I could hear Conrad
having a conversation

with the crew that were on watch

saying
that we're not doing enough.

If we start rowing,

we're gonna find ourselves
in a whole world of pain.

The energy that you use

is just not worth the reward,

and I won't
put the men through it.

[tense music]

[narrator] If the crew
start rowing,

they risk exhaustion
and dehydration.

Do nothing,

and they risk
running out of water.

Ant and his quartermaster Rish
decide to take action.

[Rishi] As of midnight,

we'll be on 51 litres remaining,

so the decision that Ant
and myself have come up with

is that we'll be going down
to five ladles.

[Ant] That's two and a half cups
guys, each day,

and we could potentially
go down lower,

so just prepare yourselves
for that.

[Luke] We're having
a litre of water a day,

and I don't think that's enough
to properly stay hydrated

in this sort of heat,
with this sweat.

So I'm quite worried
about dehydration.

I feel thirsty all the time

and I've only peed once today
and it was very dark.

[eerie music]

[music ends abruptly]

[Sam] Can you see anything
on the horizon

that's gonna make my day
in the way of wind,

do you think, Conrad?

[Conrad] Uh...

No obvious signs.

Let's put it that way.

But I'll tell you what,
it would be good

tonight...

[whispers] perfect for rowing.

Absolutely perfect.

We'd probably do 30 miles.

[Sam] I'm up for it.

Yeah, but I don't honestly know
why we're wasting time.

[Sam] Why don't you
call Ant over and discuss it?

Cause he's made up his mind.

[tense music]

[deep rumble]

[waves lapping]

[narrator] After two days
with no wind,

support for Conrad's plan
is starting to grow.

[Dan] So what's interesting is
that basically his argument is

that ultimately he feels like

there's certain areas
of the world

where you can get stuck
in a tiny little place,

and if you don't
put the effort in

to get out
of that tiny little place,

you'll never hit
the first bit of wind

wind to be able to get you
to the next bit of wind.

[Ant] That's racing.

That's the racing world,
it's not the survival world.

[Dan] Okay, okay. So that's
an interesting perspective.

[Ant] So he wants
to put it to a vote?

[Dan] Well, no you just...

[Ant] I'll get all hands on deck
now and put it to a vote now.

And I will stand
down as captain.

[Dan] Don't do it
right this second.

[Ant] Yeah guys, can we get
all hands on deck, please?

All hands on deck, please.

[tense music]

[Ant] Right, guys,

you all know my trail of thought
is I want to see this out.

We're in a survival situation.

Conrad would rather see us
being proactive right now.

We know what you want to do,

well you've made it
perfectly clear

what you want to do.

You want to row from cloud
to cloud or do whatever, but...

[Conrad] Can I just say
a couple of things?

[Ant] Yeah, of course you can,
of course you can.

[Conrad] I think it's unfair
to single me out.

I'm not... Mate,
I'm not singling you out here.

It's been going for the last
couple of days, mate.

When my leadership
is coming into question,

I have to get
on top of it, mate,

I have to try
and let people know,

and then
I have to do something about it.

[Conrad] Well,
I don't know what Dan, you know,

came and said to you,
you know, whether...

[Dan] I went over to him
and I told him exactly

what you said to me.

I didn't...
This is not stirring the pot.

[Ant] No he wasn't.
- I was not stirring the pot.

I just said exactly...
I said listen,

there's a perspective
that you have on sailing, and...

[Ant] Sailing, there's
no question Conrad, I'm saying,

but this is survival.

This is... and we are
on the bones of our arse

at the ultimate
survival situation,

where this is
getting to the point now

where it's becoming dangerous.

[tense music]

I just want to
put it to a vote right now.

And here's the vote.

If you think Conrad's decision
is correct

and he should step up
as captain,

put your hand up, please.

No, I'm gonna put my hand down.

[Ant] If you respect my decision

and you think
I should continue doing my job,

and listening to what I say,

can you put your hands up,
please?

[Conrad]
Everyone's going to do that.

[Ant] Right, guys,

I just wanted to make sure
that firstly, I was captain,

and that I wasn't
fucking dreaming it.

My decision is final.

I know, and I respect that,
and that's the...

[Ant] It's not... We're not
in the racing world, mate,

and I just need you to listen
to what I've got to say,

trust in what I'm doing,

and I will get you to
the end of this,

no matter what.

[tense music]

[music fades]

[waves lapping]

[boat creaking]

I've had a very stressful day
today.

[Ant] I didn't want to have

that conversation with him
this afternoon.

I didn't want to pull him out
in front of the men.

You know, nothing's personal.
I don't take anything personal,

I just have to put someone
in their place.

We're gonna see this out,

we're going to take each day
as it comes.

We can do this.

[melancholic music]

[military drums]

[narrator] After three days
in the doldrums...

[gusting wind]

[crew] Yes! Woo! No way!

[Rishi laughs excitedly]

[Ant chuckles]

[Ant] You smile Rish, you smile.

[narrator] Ant's patience is
rewarded, as the wind returns.

[Ant] All smiles for now,
that's what I like to see.

[narrator] That's not
the only reason to celebrate.

[Dan] Happy birthday!

[Ant] Whoa!
- Look at that bad boy.

[Dan] Here you go birthday boy.

[narrator] The crew
have been hiding

a surprise birthday present
for their captain.

[Ant] Sounds like a good 'un.

[Dan] Yes.

[sails flapping]

[Ant] I'm really happy
that we're in this position.

The winds are behind us
on my birthday,

so I couldn't have asked
for a better birthday present,

apart from being with my wife
and children, of course.

Without sounding too emotional,
because I don't do emotions.

[Dan] Oh mate, that is a goody.

[Ant] The wind's blown away
the bad atmosphere,

and we will get to Timor

and it will be
a united band of brothers.

[adventure music]

[Rishi laughs]

[Rishi] I don't think
that I would have heard

the sound of the waves crashing
against the bow there again.

[Rishi] But it feels nice
to hear it.

[Rishi] Yeehaa!

[narrator] It's been 11 days
since the men left Albany.

In total,
they've travelled 3,700 miles

and are now just 300 miles
from their final destination.

[music fades]

Then the wind drops...

again.

[waves lapping]

[Conrad] Has anyone peed today?

[Fred] No, I tried going
just then, but...

I don't think
I had enough in the tap.

[narrator] Heat exhaustion
and lack of water

are starting to take their toll.

In 1789,
Bligh battled wind and rain,

but he knew the sun
posed a greater threat.

[thunder]

[Bligh] I consider
the cloudy and wet weather

to be a blessing.

Hot weather would have caused us
to die with thirst.

[tense music]

Perhaps being so constantly
covered with rain

protected us
from that dreadful calamity.

[music climaxes and fades]

[sails flapping]

[narrator] Freddy is suffering
with the reduced water rations,

and Dr Luke is concerned.

[eerie music]

When did you last pee?

About this time last night.

So you haven't peed
for 24 hours?

[Fred] No.

That's not good.
It's not enough.

Well, to be honest

I don't think there's anything
we can do about that, Luke.

I would say you definitely
need to be peeing

at least once a day.

and that is...
that is already not enough.

Yeah.

[eerie music]

[Luke] Open your mouth.

Stick your tongue out.

Stick your tongue out.

[narrator] Luke has limited
medical equipment.

All he can do
is take Freddy's pulse.

[Luke] You have
a very low pulse.

- What is it?
- 30.

[ominous music]

[narrator] Luke is so worried
by Freddy's low heart rate,

that he decides he must use
the emergency radio.

[Luke] Seasurveyor Seasurveyor,
this is Bounty's End.

[narrator] He calls
the safety boat, two miles away.

[Adie] Hello Luke.

[Luke] I'm really sorry
to have to wake you.

I just wanted to let you know
about Fred.

He told me
he didn't feel fantastic,

and it turns out
he hasn't peed all day.

He has a dry mouth.

His eyes are slightly sunken.

His pulse was 30.

His normal resting heart rate
is not 30, it's 60.

[Adie] The heart rate's
just horrendous, really,

even for someone so young
as he is,

the heart rate,
it shouldn't be that.

Yeah, um...

If you could definitely
give him some more water,

and we'll review in the morning.

Then we'll, um...

see what course
we'll take from there.

[melancholic music]

[narrator]
If Freddy's dehydration

gets any worse,

he will have to be evacuated.

[melancholic music]

[Luke] Don't worry. Sleep.

[music climaxes and fades]

And we'll just see
how he is in the morning.

[suspenseful music]

[boat creaking]

[Luke] I was really worried
about Freddy last night.

His pulse was so low
that if he was in England,

I would probably
put him on a monitor.

Whereas here,
you just sort of...

here's some muddy fart water,
go to bed.

See you in the morning.

[Luke] So it was pretty scary.

[suspenseful music]

[narrator]
From the emergency support boat,

medic Adie
heads to the Bounty's end,

to assess Freddy's condition.

Yeah.

[boat engine hums]

[Adie] Permission
to come aboard?

[Ant] Yes.

[Luke] So yesterday
he wasn't himself at all.

His mood was down,
he was a bit irritable.

His memory
was certainly affected.

Sorry to talk about you
like you're not here.

[Freddy] No, no...

[Luke] You look pale today
as well.

[Adie] You all look pale.

[Adie] Open up.

Stick your tongue out.

Stick it out to the side.

[tense music]

Okay.

So how much are you drinking
a day?

[Luke] Between five and six...

[Adie] Ladles.
[Luke] ...ladles.

Do you feel dizzy, faint,
anything like that?

Only when I stand up.

[Adie] Only when you stand up?
- Yeah.

Um...

does everybody feel dizzy
and things when they stand up?

[tense music]

[Adie] Okay.

[narrator] Adie now has
serious concerns

about the entire crew.

He takes away urine samples
for analysis.

[Adie] Cheers guys, thanks boys.
[unknown male] Cheers.

[music fades]

[Luke] I feel like shit.

[Dan] You feel like shit?
- Yeah.

[Dan] You feel like shit
right now?

[Luke grunts]

[Dan] What...
How do you feel like shit?

[Dan] What's this?
- Probably best not to film it,

they'll just take me off.

[Dan] You what?

[whispering] Don't film it
or they'll just take me off.

[Dan] They'll take you off?
- Yeah.

[Dan whispering] Do you think
you're dehydrated?

[Luke] Everyone is dehydrated.

[tense music]

[suspenseful crescendo]

[narrator] The test results
confirm their worst fears.

[radio crackling]

[narrator] Emergency orders
are issued to the crew.

[Ben] You must
drink water in now,

Not to be rationed.

You must drink.

[Adie] You are all
horrendously dehydrated.

The potentials
can be catastrophic.

You're so vulnerable right now
that you need to start drinking.

[narrator] For the past 54 days,

the crew
have been self-sufficient,

finding their own drinking water
along the way.

[Adie] And it's a proper
different ball game now.

[Fred] Yeah?
[Adie] Um, yeah.

It's a case of
you have to drink now.

And it has to be a free-for-all.

[narrator] They are still
300 miles from land.

so the medical team
are insisting

they accept fresh water
from the safety boat.

You can't... you can't survive,

you cannot survive
on three ladles.

[tense music]

[Dan] If we were all clearly
openly guzzling

four litres of water
every day from Evian bottles,

this whole trip
would be a debacle.

[Sam] If somebody says to me
at the end, did you do it?

I don't want to be like, "Yeah!
Except for the last hundred

and, you know, 300 miles
where we, for health reasons,

we all started drinking
four litres of water a day.

I mean, I'm not... This probably
sounds like bravado,

but fuck that. Fuck that.

[Adie] I appreciate it.
I do get it.

I really do get it,
but it's health.

It really is, mate.

But I also like to think I know
my own body reasonably well,

you know,
if I don't piss for a day,

I know that's really bad.

If I piss
and it looks like Guinness,

I know that's really bad.

I'm pissing twice a day
at the minute.

It looks like Mountain Dew,
but that's okay.

[Adie] The only problem is
now you get to that point where

you're dehydrated and you
don't think you need to drink

when you do.

[Ant] But we're not
in the danger zone, are we?

[Adie] You are.

The potential
for heat exhaustion,

leading to heat stroke,
which will be catastrophic.

Seizures.

Brain injury
from your brain swelling.

Your kidneys will be fucked.
Your livers will be fucked.

Luke will tell you.
You need to drink.

[Luke] The person
on this voyage, on this project

wants to not have
an intervention,

but there's
the doctor side of me

which agrees we should be having
four litres of water a day.

I want to drink
only out of that barrel

until that barrel is gone.

[Luke] Well one way
of getting round it is that

we agree
to take the water on board,

we put it under the floorboards,

and then everyone on board
knows exactly where it is,

[Luke] and we have water.
[Ant] Great idea Luke.

[Ant] Yeah, but you'll use
what's left in the barrel first.

[Dan] Therefore
if anyone goes down,

it's cause
they're choosing not to take...

[Ant] Yes. Yes.

[Luke] So that's
their personal responsibility.

[Ant] Yeah.

[Adie] Please drink.
Yeah? Please.

It's very real.

It's very real.

I'm pleading with you, really.
Please drink.

[tense music]

[Ant] Adios.

[Fred] I don't want to have
to come off this

at all for any reason.
I want to be there at the end.

I don't want to have to
not finish it with you guys

just because I'm too stubborn
to drink water.

I mean, I'd absolutely hate
that to happen.

[inspiring music]

[Luke] A lot has happened
in the last few days.

All I can say is
we'd better make it to Timor.

[Dan] My concern is that

I don't want to damage my liver
or kill myself.

I've got two kids
that I'm absolutely, you know...

That's all
I'm thinking about now.

[Ant] I really don't want
to risk these guys' health

for this voyage, you know,
the long-term risk issues,

long term health issues
that could be caused

by serious dehydration.

I have a duty of care

to get these guys back
in one piece.

[inspiring music]

[Ant] Right, good morning gents.

[narrator] Overnight,
the Captain has made a decision.

Um...

Right, let me start with

the water.

As of today,

we will be breaking
into our emergency water.

Don't feel that we've cheated
or anything.

We haven't. This water is,

if we don't drink it, we're...

we're gonna die, basically,
you know.

We are on the verge of serious,
serious, serious health issues.

There's no limit to water.

Right, who wants to do
the honours with the water?

Rishta, being the QM?

[Rish] Yeah, think so.

[emotional music]

[Ant] Go on guys, dig in.

[narrator] The water
will keep the men alive,

but they are still only
consuming 400 calories a day.

[Luke] My waist size has dropped
by about five inches.

Look at that.

[Sam] Shit!
[unknown male] Whoa!

[Sam] Holy shit.
[unknown male] Wow.

[Fred] That's both fascinating
and repulsive at the same time.

[narrator]
In their weakened state,

thoughts of home are all
that's keeping them going.

[Ant] I'm looking forward
to getting the crew on land

and to getting us all home,
really.

We're so close but yet so far.

[narrator] The ocean current
has now carried them

to within 160 miles of Timor.

But at this rate,
it will take another week.

[mysterious music]

So I was thinking
about the first thing

I'm going to look forward to
when I get home,

and, um...

it's just
to see my family again.

[exhales]

But yeah...

[sighs]

Yeah. I miss home a lot.

[Ant] My wife is pregnant.

I've been
at all my child's births

and I would love to be
at this child's birth.

It's very important for me
that I get back.

[music fades]

[narrator] The crew
of the Bounty's End

have now been at sea
for 59 days.

I think I can see land
over there.

But it may be my eyes,
cause it's just one...

[Fred] One big lump?
[Conrad] One big rock.

[Fred] Yeah.

[Conrad] Do you see that?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh! Is that
another bump over there?

I think you may be right.

[adventure music]

[Fred] I think you've got it.

[Ant] I think
you might be right.

[Rishi and Fred laugh]

[Fred] I was beginning to doubt
that Timor was actually a place.

[Bligh] At three in the morning,

we discovered Timor.

It is not possible for me
to describe the pleasure

which the sight of land
diffused among us.

I now conceived hopes
that our voyage

was nearly at an end.

[inspiring music]

Wow.

[emotional crescendo]

[Ant] I think we've got about
20 minutes of rowing, max.

[music climaxes and fades]

[Ant] The dolphins
have come, guys.

[tranquil music]

[Ant] Sailors' souls,
that's what they say.

Dolphins are the souls
of dead sailors.

They protected us and guided us
every inch of the way.

[adventure music]

[narrator]
On the 14th of June 1789,

William Bligh and his men
made landfall at Timor.

and the world learned
for the first time

of the mutiny on the Bounty.

A story that would pass
into legend.

Bligh returned to England

and went on to become
an admiral.

History miscast him
as a harsh villain,

but for the men
on that small boat,

he was a hero.

[music climaxes and fades]

[Ant] Look at what Bligh
accomplished as a leader.

Come on lads. Nearly there.
[chuckles]

Fucking hell.
We're nearly there.

And that's why it's lasted
throughout the times,

because it is such
an amazing feat.

[Rishi] Almost there.

[Sam] So close, guys.

[Ant] You've earnt
every single moment of this.

No one can ever, ever
take any of this from you.

[inspiring music]

[Fred] 60 days in a 23 foot
open rowing boat.

I don't think that I'll ever
do anything as tough as that.

[waves crashing]

[Ant] Boys, we are going
through the Great Barrier Reef

as we speak. [Ant grunts]

Fucking get in there.

It's a lifelong dream.

[waves crashing]

[Sam] I got to go places
that I've no right to go.

Vanuatu is one of the most
magical places I've ever been.

Woohoo.

[Rishi] The emotions
are starting to get to me now.

[Rishi and Conrad cheering]

[Rishi] Thinking about
what we've been through

to get here.

Being on these rocks, doing
exactly the same thing as Bligh,

is pretty special.

I feel like a part of history.

It's definitely a day
I'll never, ever forget.

[adventure music]

[Ant] Who does this

in the middle
of the South Pacific ocean?

[Luke laughs]

[Dan] Love you guys.

Take it easy, man.

[Ant] To the Mutiny crew.
[everyone] Yeah.

[birds chirping]

[Ant] Gentlemen, it's been
an honour and a privilege,

Thank you so much.

[Rishi] Ant, I don't think
anyone's said this yet,

but on behalf of the crew,

it's been an absolute honour,

and you've been absolutely
unbelievable on this trip

and we fucking love you, mate.

We absolutely love you.

[Rishi] So thank you.
[Ant] I love each and everyone

of you, and you don't need
to thank me.

Without you,
I couldn't have done this, guys.

[Ant] Last 10 metres,
let's row it in,

[Ant] let's go.
[Rishi] Come on!

[Ant] Let's do this!
[Rishi] Come on!

It's right there.

[Ant] Keep going, guys.

[Ant] Fred, you've got this.
[Fred] Yeah.

[Ant] It's okay, it's okay guys.
Oars in. Oars in.

It feels good to be on land.

[Sam] You've earned that,
my friend.

[Ant] Conrad. My right hand man.

[Conrad] Thank you so much.

It's been crazy, man.

[Luke] Oohh.
Oh my god.

[Rishi] Yes! Get in!

[Luke] Dan, welcome ashore.

[Fred] We did it.
[Luke] We did it.

[Luke] We're here.

[Rishi] I fucking love you boys.

[Rishi] Mm-hmm.

[Ant] Thank you so much.

[various crew members sniffling]
[Luke] Thank you.

[Ant] I can't believe it.

[Luke] I haven't hugged you yet.

So think about, you know,

how did Bligh get through this,
you know?

How did he cope,
how am I going to cope?

[Ant and Dan sigh]

[Ant sniffles]

[Ant] You always have
your doubts,

you're always scared
of failure, you know,

you're always scared to...

Once you've earnt
the respect of the men,

to, you know, that you're
gonna lose it within a moment.

And I didn't want them to think
that there was ever a problem

or that I was ever

in a situation where
I was unsure of my decisions,

which I was most of the time.

[Ant sighs]

[Ant] Come in guys. Come in.

[Fred] I couldn't imagine
my life without them in it.

It's going to be really,
really difficult when I go home

to my original family,
[laughs] if you will,

and then realise that
they're not going to be there

when I wake up,
they're not going to be there

when I want to chat to them.

They're not going to be there
when I go to the toilet.

[emotional music]

You don't have too many moments
like this in your life, do you?

[Ant] I'd all grab a pebble
from this beach if I were you.

We can quite comfortable say

that we have got
that mettle and steel in us

as a group of men,

because I don't think
we would have ever given up.

[Luke] I cannot believe
we've been in that thing

for 60 days.

Look how small she looks.

[Fred chuckles]
She's absolutely tiny.

[Sam] Bloody boat.
[Fred laughs]

[tranquil music]

[adventure music]

[music ends]