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Climb of Red Wall (1966)

Directed by Alan Chivers

Documentary

In April 1966, the BBC broadcast a live program showing Joe Brown, Tom Patey, Ian McNaught-Davis, Chris Bonington, and the American Royal Robbins climbing of the awesome sea-cliffs of Gogarth on Anglesey. The climb was transmitted live through 3 connections over the course of 9th of April as part of the long-running Saturday afternoon sports strand, Grandstand. The vertical wall, composed of unreliably loose rock and guarded by guillemots and seagulls, proved to be a true test for the climbers. The cliff plunges directly into the sea and to climb up it required descending a rope, finding footholds near the bottom and then locating a viable route up the face.

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Cast

Joe Brown Self Tom Patey Self
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Ian McNaught-Davis Self Chris Bonington Self Royal Robbins Self

Crew

Director
Alan Chivers

Details

Release date
1966-01-01
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC