A television company is looking for a Naval team to fight an historic battle – pitting their wits against one of the greatest commanders in history.

Lion Television makes the Time Commanders programme, currently being screened on Thursday evenings on BBC2, and would like a team of four from the Royal Navy to take part.

The programme features “intelligent and interesting teams of four – families, friends, work colleagues etc aged 15-55”.

Time Commanders is described as “an historical interactive show, a game of strategy where you can enter a computer-generated virtual world and take on, in battle, the greatest generals from the past in an attempt to overturn history.”

The teams operate from a “21st century battlefield command centre”, although there is no need for computer or gaming knowledge – only the ability to think strategically or be a good problem solver under pressure. Lively personalities are also a factor in a prospective team’s favour.

Faced with an aggressive enemy force to defeat, teams are guided through the game by presenter Eddie Mair, and two history experts are on hand to assist and to assess the team’s performance when the battle is won – or lost. They will also explain what happened in the original battle on which the game was based.

Special information about weapons and forces is also supplied at the beginning, but then the tam has to produce a battle plan and deploy its forces. The battle itself will last around an hour.

Filming is likely to be on September 25 and 26 at the BBC Television Centre in London, and Lion Television will cover travel expenses. Filming is likely to take half a day per team, and the show will probably be broadcast during the current run, which ends at Christmas.

For more information, contact Emma Shaw at Lion Television on 0208 846 2132, fax 0208 846 2001, or email emma.shaw@liontv.co.uk or timecommanders@liontv.co.uk

Details of the company and its work – including Paddington Green and Castaway – can be found at www.liontv.co.uk