Paxman swaps Newsnight for lifeboat to record Lusitania documentary

He’s normally grilling politicians on the top news stories of the day.

Paxman swaps Newsnight for lifeboat to record Lusitania documentary

But BBC Newsnight anchor Jeremy Paxman donned a survival suit to interview the crew of one of Ireland’s busiest lifeboat stations as part of a documentary on the sinking of the Lusitania.

Crew based at Courtmacsherry RNLI station in 1915 rowed for over three hours in a desperate bid to reach survivors from the torpedoed vessel off the Old Head of Kinsale, Co Cork.

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