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5. Riding for a Fall

Dick FrancisBreaking Point
Episode 5 of 6

Just bad luck? Or is something more sinister behind jockey Rob Finn’s poor form and loss of nerve? Stars Michael Kitchen.

Racing jockey Rob Finn is suffering poor form.

Is it really down to loss of nerve - or it something more than just bad luck?

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 by Roy Lom as Breaking Point.

With:

Rosemary Miller
Rio Fanning
Brian Haines
Lewis Fiander
Kate Coleridge
Alan Barry
John Hollis

Producer: John Fawcett Wilson

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in June 1974.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Feb 202601:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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