How They Climbed the Old Man of Hoy
1967-07-02| 25 min
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.
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Chris Bonington
Tom Patey
Joe Brown
Ian McNaught-Davis
Peter Crew
Dougal Haston
Robert 'Rusty' Baillie
Ian Clough
Hamish MacInnes
John Cleare
Chris Brasher
