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The two programmes in this unit explore a celebrated sea rescue from the Victorian era. Grace Darling was born in Bamburgh on the north east coast of England. When she was still a child she went with her family to live on a remote island in the Farne Islands, where the family operated the lighthouse. Some time later the family moved to an even more remote location at Longstone lighthouse.

In 1838 the SS Forfarshire was sailing up the east coast to Dundee when she ran into difficulty and was wrecked during a storm. Grace could see the survivors clinging to a rock and she and her father took the brave and selfless decision to attempt a rescue. Their actions became national news and Grace herself a national heroine.