Saving Lives at Sea: Knife Edge
8:15 pm - 9:00 pm, Sunday, March 22 on BBC Two England (2)
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Knife Edge
In Walmer, the crew responds to reports of a major incident involving a small boat in the English Channel, on arrival they are faced with mass casualties in freezing water. A 75-year-old skipper and his two young grandsons are aboard a yacht that's lost all power and is drifting towards a wind farm. The north Wales crew must race to rescue the vessel and its passengers before it's too late
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Cast & Crew
Steven Mackintosh
(Narrator)
Sarah Spencer
(Executive producer)
Dave Mackay
(Series producer)
Phil Broadhurst
(Producer)
Sunny Kang
(Director)
Olly Rose
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Steven Mackintosh
(Narrator)
Born:
April 30, 1967
in
Cambridge
Best Known For:
Playing a drug-dealer in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Early-life:
Steven Mackintosh was born on April 30, 1967, in Cambridge. He caught the drama bug and got his first acting job at 13. When more roles started flooding in, he had to decide between going to drama school or carrying on with his conventional education. He decided to pursue acting.
Career:
Mackintosh made his TV debut in 1983 series Nanny, and went on to appear in Doctor Who, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4,The Bill, Care (for which he won a Royal Television Society Award), London Kills Me, The Buddha of Suburbia, Cadfael, Blue Juice, Prime Suspect, Undercover Heart and The Land Girls. He won Best Actor at the Brussels International Film Festival for his part in gender-bending comedy Different for Girls. Theatre roles have included Brighton Beach Memoirs and My Zinc Bed. His recent work includes Underworld: Evolution (and its second sequel), Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart, Criminal Justice, Mo, and Luther.
Quote:
'I'm not ambitious to be well-known, or for the accolades, but I am to do the stuff I like.'
Sarah Spencer
(Executive producer)
Dave Mackay
(Series producer)
Phil Broadhurst
(Producer)
Sunny Kang
(Director)
Olly Rose
(Producer)
