In 1970 adventurer
John Ridgway set out to explore one of the world's most dangerous rivers, the Apurimac in Peru. His pilot was Elvin Berg , a young Norwegian whose skill saved John Ridgway 's life on several occasions. Some years later, John Ridgway heard that his friend had disappeared and he went back to look for him.
He was too late. Elvin had been murdered by Maoist guerrillas, his wife had gone mad, and his 6-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was an orphan without hope in a tiny jungle village.
Anne Brown tells how John and Marie-Christine Ridgway set out to adopt Elizabeth and how they managed to help her adapt from her savage-like existence in Peru to the gentleness of their remote Scottish home. Producer JOCK GALLAGHER BBC Pebble Mill