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Radio 4 Extra,06 Jul 1974,30 mins

Series Breaking Point

5. Riding for a Fall

Dick Francis

Available for 26 days

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.

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