3. The Nerve to Win

Young jockey Rob Finn’s career is going from strength-to-strength but at what cost to those around him?

Stars Michael Kitchen as Rob Finn.

Tragedy has struck horse racing, and young jockey Rob Finn finds himself in a world of fear, rumour and bad intentions.

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

Cast:
Michael Kitchen
Lewis Fiander
Brian Haines
Michael Kitchen
Henry Stamper
Rio Fanning
Rosemary Miller

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1974.