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Lighthouse Keepers. Tony Elvers is one of the keepers of the Needles Lighthouse off the Isle of Wight which is soon to be automated. The Elder Brethren of Trinity House, responsible for all the lighthouses around the British coast, are nearing the end of a ten-year automation programme, and there are now only three tower rock lights out at sea with keepers living and working on them. In his film,
Tony Elvers laments the passing of a way of life that keeps a human presence in some of our most dangerous waters. Producer Paul Pierrot
Series producer Giles Oakley
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Paul Pierrot
Producer:
Giles Oakley
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