David Parker – For Those in Peril

‘And that’s when things got a bit rough because I knew I was the one who was going to have to go into that hold to rescue the two men trapped’. These are the words of RAF winchman Eric Smith, who won the George Medal for his bravery at sea. Eric’s is just one of the many voices in the award-winning programme made by David Parker that tells the story of the lifesaving work of the rescue services including, in its bicentenary year, the RNLI. This gripping and life-affirming film is about the people who put their own lives at risk, to come to the aid of those in peril from the sea.