Cruel Sea: The Penlee Disaster
Documentary
A moving documentary made to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster on 19 December 1981. The eight-man crew of the RNLB Solomon Browne, the lifeboat from the Penlee station in Mousehole, Cornwall,...
Director
Sally Thomson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Bernard Hill, Mike Sutherland, Neil Brockman
Release Date
August 1, 2006
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast
Bernard Hill
as Self - Narrator
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Mike Sutherland
as Self - Lifeboat Launch Officer
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Neil Brockman
as Self - Son of Nigel Brockman
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Trevelyan Richards
as Self - Lifeboat Coxswain
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Dudley Penrose
as Self - Lifeboat Launch Crew
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Rob Cooke
as Self - Volunteer Coastguard and Brother-in-Law of Kevin Smith
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Mike Sagar Fenton
as Self - Author of 'Penlee: The Loss of a Lifeboat'
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Mike Buttery
as Self - Volunteer Coastguard
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Colin Sturman
as Self - Falmouth Coastguard, Senior Watch Officer
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Henry Morton
as Self - Skipper of Union Star
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Sound
Dolby
Color
Color
Production
BBC Bristol
🏷️ Keywords
safetydisaster at searescue expeditionofficershelicopter
🎯 Categories
Documentary
⭐ Featured Review
An unforgettable tribute
"The finest television documentary I have ever seen: watch it on YouTube and you will understand why. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution should arrange with the BBC to issue 'Cruel Sea: The Penlee Disaster' on DVD, as the most eloquent statement of its wonderful work...."
📖 Synopsis
A moving documentary made to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster on 19 December 1981. The eight-man crew of the RNLB Solomon Browne, the lifeboat from the Penlee station in Mousehole, Cornwall,...