A frank account of life on the ocean wave in one of Her Majesty's ships. A series of ten programmes 3: Happy Birthday
Ark Royal is 21 years old. The cake is baked and iced: the messages of congratulations are pouring in. But one message is different. It's a mayday call from the Americans. Three hundred miles away somewhere in the Atlantic there is a sick sailor on a US nuclear submarine who may die of acute peritonitis, unless he can be airlifted away and operated upon quickly. The party is dropped and preparations for the ' casevac ' begin - a race against time.
Film cameraman PATRICK TURLEY Film recordist GRAHAM RODGER Film editor PETER GORDON
Executive producer ROGER MILLS Producer johN PURDIE