Who lost the Battle of Trafalgar? [audio 30min]

Former British Conservative politician Michael Portillo presents the final installment in a series revisiting the great moments of history to discover that they often conceal other events of equal but forgotten importance. Nelson's victory of 1805 has lodged itself firmly in Britain's popular imagination, but the British have forgotten that the brunt of the defeat was borne not by France but by one of her allies, Spain.