The Surgeon's Mate

By Patrick O'Brian, Read by Benedict Cumberbatch, Abridged and produced by Lisa Osborne.

Episode	First Broadcast	Description
01	20040705	In the early summer of 1812, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr Stephen Maturin arrive in Canada on HMS Shannon after escaping their American captors.
02	20040706	After long years at sea Aubrey and Maturin are on their way home as passengers on HMS Diligence, but a dangerous enemy is hard behind.
03	20040707	Dr Stephen Maturin takes a trip to Paris to address the Institute on matters scientific.
04	20040708	Dr Maturin heads to the Baltic to turn a Catalan brigade to the British cause.
05	20040709	Captain Aubrey and Dr Maturin are arrived in the Baltic on HMS Ariel and embark on a dangerous venture to the French-held island of Grimsholm.
06	20040712	Captain Aubrey has captured the Minnie and Dr Maturin is about to go on board.
07	20040713	The convoy returns to Carlscrona but before they can return home Aubrey and Maturin must make a long detour to Catalonia with the Catalan troops.
08	20040714	A gale is blowing up in the mouth of the Channel when HMS Ariel sights a French frigate on the windward side.
09	20040715	Shipwrecked on the treacherous Breton coast, Aubrey and Maturin pass once more into captivity.
10 LAST	20040716	Dr Maturin's greatest enemy has tracked him to Paris. Captain Aubrey and he must lose not a minute to make their escape.