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Steeplechasing
produced by Steeple IV
Steeplechasing is a six episode half-hour
television series devoted to exploring
beautiful and diverse Newfoundland
communities, their people, music and
Director Ken Pittman Exec. Producer Barry Cowling Producers Ken Pittman, Barry
Cowling Script Geoff Noble, Susan Shillingford Photography Lloyd Pennell, Kevin Hanlon
Editor tbd Cast Geoff Noble (host) Location Various Newfoundland locations Format
30 min x 6 tv series Running Time 42 minutes Production Company Steeple IV
Productions Inc. Release Date January, 2002
Above and Beyond produced by Above and Beyond Inc.
Director Sturla Gunnarsson Producer Paul Pope, Scott Garvie Script John W. Doyle,
Lisa Porter Photography Rene Ohashi Editor Jeff Warren Music Jonathan Goldsmith
Cast Liane Balaban, Robert Wisden, Jonathan Scarfe, Kenneth Welsh, Allan Hawco, Peter
MacNeill, Jason Priestley, Joss Ackland, Richard E Grant Location St. John’s, Gander,
Hamilton Format Dramatic
Summer, 1940: the Battle
of Britain is raging and the
RAF desperately needs
aircraft to
fight off German
advances.
One of Prime Minister
Winston Churchill’s ministers, Canadian
press magnate Lord Beaverbrook,
suggests flying planes from Gander to
Europe. North Atlantic aviation is in its
infancy and winter flying is unheard of.
But Britain’s need is desperate and there
is little left to lose.
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Steeplechasing
Above and Beyond
In November, 1940, seven Hudson
Bombers, flown by civilians,
successfully make the flight from
Gander to Ireland, ushering in a new
era in aviation history. This Atlantic
Ferry Organization team became the
core of the RAF North Atlantic Ferry
Command, which, by 1945, had flown