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5. Riding for a Fall
Episode 5 of 6
Just bad luck? Or is something more sinister behind jockey Rob Finn鈥檚 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 麻豆社 World Service in June 1974.
Last on
Sat 28 Feb 2026
01:00
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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