Paxman swaps Newsnight for lifeboat to record Lusitania documentary

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

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.