Captain Webb

'Captain Webb' tells the story of Captain Matthew Webb, the first person to successfully swim across the English Channel in 1875, equipped only with his mustache, his dose of brandy and a wool swimsuit. He was a retired merchant seaman, survived fierce winds, treacherous currents and multiple jellyfish stings to swim from Dover to the shores of France, a crossing that took almost 22 hours and spanned 39 miles. The Channel would not be swum again for 36 years, and to this day more people have climbed Everest than successfully swum across the Channel.