201. Take Five: 200 voices compilation episode

About this episode

This episode features a compilation of voices from individuals whose lives have been impacted by the RNLI, celebrating 200 years of lifesaving.

Marking 200 years of lifesaving and clocking up more than 200,000 listens - this podcast shared daily short episodes, each one featuring the voice of someone whose life has been touched by the RNLI. Now a new taster episode gives you extracts from just a few of the 200 Voices - from comedy actor, writer and RNLI supporter Ruth Jones, to Stanley E Holtom, who accidentally went to the Dunkirk evacuations as a boy, 85 years ago. 200 Voices was produced by Adventurous Audio for the RNLI .For more on how the RNLI continued to save lives during World War 2, take a look at our Stories of Courage.

Topics covered

• lifesaving
• personal stories
• RNLI history
• World War 2
• comedy
• evacuations
• podcast compilation

Keywords

• RNLI
• 200 Voices
• lifesaving
• Ruth Jones
• Stanley E Holtom
• podcast
• World War 2
• Dunkirk
• stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNLI, Adventurous Audio

More episodes of RNLI 200 Voices

• WE ARE LIFEGUARDS: Saving Lives on the Beach With the RNLI · March 24, 2026 · 1 min
• Stories of Courage: a one-off wartime episode · November 4, 2025 · 56 min
• 200. A Lasting Honour: Mark Dowie · March 4, 2024 · 18 min
• 199. Home and Dry: Jon Nicholls · March 3, 2024 · 11 min
• 198. Righting History: Helen Doe · March 2, 2024 · 12 min
• 197. A Welsh Episode: Mali Parry-Jones · March 1, 2024 · 14 min