197. A Welsh Episode: Mali Parry-Jones

About this episode

Mali Parry-Jones shares her experiences as a crew member and TV producer, highlighting a dramatic rescue and her connection to the RNLI.

In Welsh, Porthdinllaen crew member and TV producer Mali Parry-Jones recalls the real-life drama of a call out to a sailor who’d suffered a stroke Growing up on the Llyn Peninsula, Mali was always aware of her local lifeboat. Porthdinllaen RNLI was the constant backdrop to her childhood, whether she was hearing the maroons firing or pedalling her bike to spot the launch. By 2012 Mali was a TV producer and new crew member, helping Welsh language channel S4C to document the departure of the station’s Tyne – the ‘big orange boat’ she remembered arriving in the 1980s – and the new Tamar class that replaced it. In this episode, she describes one of her most memorable shouts aboard the Tamar, and the lifelong bond it created with two Guernsey sailors. 200 Voices is produced by Adventurous Audio for the RNLI Interview by Adventurous Audio Soundtrack composed and performed by Jon Nicholls The RNLI is a charity celebrating 200 years of saving lives at sea - find out more at RNLI.org/200

People in this episode

Guest: Mali Parry-Jones

Topics covered

• lifeboat service
• local history
• TV production
• sailing
• community bonds

Keywords

• RNLI
• Porthdinllaen
• Mali Parry-Jones
• Tamar class
• sailor rescue
• Guernsey
• S4C
• lifeboat

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNLI, S4C

Products: Tamar class, Tyne

Places: Porthdinllaen, Llyn Peninsula, Guernsey

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