Background To The Film And The Facts Behind It

The film is based in 1966 England, when Rock&Roll music would have only been played on a limited amount of radio stations for only an hour or two. the fictional 'Radio Rock' radio station is based on the many pirate radio stations who would go out to sea and broadcast rock music out at sea. These rock stations would later on become illegal.

'The Boat That Rocked' is a fictitious parody of these radio stations who would go out at sea to broadcast Rock&Roll music with recognizable actors such as Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Bill Nighy playing this rebellious motley crue of DJ's.