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1. Death of a Jockey

4 Extra Debut. When tragedy strikes horse racing, jockey Rob Finn uncovers a world of fear, rumour and bad intentions. Stars Michael Kitchen.

When tragedy strikes horse racing, young steeplechase jockey Rob Finn uncovers a world of fear, rumour and bad intentions.

Stars Michael Kitchen as Rob Finn.

Dick Francis's 1964 horse racing thriller, Nerve, dramatised in six parts by Roy Lom as Breaking Point.

With:

Henry Stamper
Peter Hawkins
Rio Fanning
Kate Coleridge
Godfrey Kenton
Fraser Kerr
Rosemary Miller
Brian Haines

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1974.

Release date:

30 minutes

On radio

Monday06:00

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