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Kenneth Cranham on the Water

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With the help of his son, a recently disabled man gets his confidence back to go sailing.

Nick has lost both legs in a car crash. His son Jamie helps him regain confidence to go sailing again. Read by Kenneth Cranham.

Written by Roy Apps.

Today's story - Broad Reach by Roy Apps - is the second in a series of specially commissioned stories which take boats and boating as their theme. 

Nick has lost both legs in a car crash - and all his confidence as well. With the help of Jamie, his son, he starts sailing again - and manages to get the better of a pompous Yacht Club Commodore into the bargain....

A series of specially commissioned tales inspired by rivers and boats.


Producer: David Blount
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Kenneth Cranham reads a series of short stories on the theme of rivers and boats

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