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Who Sings the Hero?: Hard Row to Portock

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

In a remarkable true-life rescue story of 1899, the Lynmouth lifeboat crew carry their boat over five miles by land to save a ship in distress.

Contributors

Writer:
Eric Pringle
Director:
Cherry Cookson
Reverend Hockley:
John Rowe
Billy Richards:
Tom Bevan
Innkeeper:
Hugh Dickson
[Actor]:
Chris Wright
[Actor]:
Iwan Thomas
[Actor]:
Brian Parr
[Actor]:
Stephen Thorne
[Actor]:
Gerard McDermott
[Actress]:
Alison Pettitt
Source: Radio Times

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