Survival: To the Brink and Back
Synopsis
This film follows this extraordinary 84-year-old as he climbs the highest hill in Cornwall in a quest to raise £100,000 for Royal Cornwall Hospital's healing garden.
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 30 min
- Format
- Broadcast 9x16
- Director
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Oliver Couch
- Producer
- Edward Williamson-Smit
- Executive Producer
- Samantha Smith
- Editor
- Oliver Couch
- Screenwriter
- Edward Williamson-Smit
- Director of Photography
- Oliver Couch
- Sound
- Oliver Couch
- Principal cast
- Robin Hanbury-Tenison
- Drone Videography
- Adam Watson
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Here Now Films
124 City Rd,London
EC1V 2NX
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