How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy

Overview

A making of the live broadcast of the ascent of the Old Man of Hoy. In July of 1967, 15 million people watched one of the most audacious BBC outside broadcasts ever undertaken - the climbing of the 'Old Man of Hoy'. This is an account of how the BBC-1 television programme was organised, together with recordings made during the broadcast, and interviews with those who helped to make it possible as well as those who did the actual climb.

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Cast

Chris Bonington

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Tom Patey

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Joe Brown

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Ian McNaught-Davis

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Peter Crew

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Dougal Haston

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Robert 'Rusty' Baillie

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Ian Clough

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Hamish MacInnes

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John Cleare

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