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Who Sings the Hero?

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The last of six stories of heroism.
Saving of the Saluto. In 1911, the crew of the Newlyn lifeboat undertook a rescue which, even today, is remembered as an act of extreme courage. Melville Jones recounts the story of the build-up to the saving of the Saluto. Narrators Keith Drinkel and Siriol Jenkins.
Director Gerry Jones

Contributors

Narrators:
Keith Drinkel
Director:
Gerry Jones
Thomas Vingoe:
Raiph Arliss
Mrs Vingoe:
Dione Inman
Pascoe:
Matthew Morgan
Breck:
Jonathan Tafler
Olsen:
Eric Allan
Tom:
Peter Gunn
Murphy:
Roger Winslet
Mrs KHski:
Annette Holland
Mrs Harvey:
Ruth James
Editor:
Jonathan Adams
Old fisherman:
Peter Porteous
Young Khski:
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Source: Radio Times

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