Old Man of Hoy (1992) 

I remember this broadcast as I watched it live. As for Joe brown, I recall that he once did a roof job for my grandmother. She told him he was a better climber than a roofer :)

I seem to remember in the mid-80's Joe re-climbed Hoy stack for BBC TV with his daughter Zoe...It was fantastic to watch, the banter between father & daughter was amazing, so much so that it launched Zoe into an all-too-brief tv presenting career...she was brilliant at it also.

Climbed VDiff at night and that was harrowing. Couldn’t imagine HVS in the dark!

Thank you so much for this. I vividly remember watching the live broadcast as a 10 year old but had no idea of what a pioneering event this was. This is the Old BBC at its best.

That's the best film I've watched in a long time I met Chris bonnington several months ago and he was a absolute gentleman ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

RIP Joe, your still the best climber ever!

2023, and as gripping today as 1967. Let’s not forget the cameramen who climbed alongside them. Never mentioned, just as skilled and brave. How did the last man get off, anyone?

RIP TOM PATEY

Remarkable effort all round.

absolute classic film and route!

Fantastic stuff.

BBC we need a DVD of the whole series !

Wonderful.

Excellent upload.

The climb and the climbers -legend, and the BBC logistical set up is nothing short of a pioneering survey work in the subcontinent.

My mate climbed this as part of a trio about 5 years ago. I got invited but felt it was pushing my climbing abilities a little bit. I’m happy to bumble along on a VS. Now my mate has gone even further than the Old Man and climbs up to E5. I think the Old Man is an E1. If I pushed myself I’m sure I could climb an E1 somewhere single pitch. I like to climb in a more relaxed manner usually though.

'The change in the kinds of programmes we see in the schedules, the competition now between four networks...' 45:36

Love that Bedford TK

Now the climbers would have a GoPro on their head, and there'd be a couple of people with long lenses on the ground. The BBC wouldn't cover it because it didn't tick diversity boxes, and surveys would predict it was too long and boring to satisfy advertisers. Yet 53 years after the climb, and 28 years after this programme was made, people are still watching.

When they reached the top 3 year old Ueli Stek was waiting for them.

Ian Clough at 11:47

Imagine a time when the BBC was free from ideologically purposed content and political bias. Perhaps there never was, but now there is not even a pretence of anything other.

Stondende leibooshnick brava

But how much was all the equipment worth?

I don't know why this is titled (1992) when it was actually 1967

Why didn't they just helicopter the stuff in?

No consideration for the environment in those days. Churning up the peat and burning the heather!!!