How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy

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How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy (1967)

Directed by John Gray

Documentary · 25m

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 Self Tom Patey Self Joe Brown Self
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Ian McNaught-Davis Self Peter Crew Self Dougal Haston Self
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Robert 'Rusty' Baillie Self
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Ian Clough Self Hamish MacInnes Self
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John Cleare Self Chris Brasher Self

Crew

Director
John Gray

Details

Release date
1967-07-02
Runtime
25m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Production
BBC