A man was rushed to the hospital after feeling unwell during a family camping trip. The medics' battle to save his life was all the more desperate because he was one of their colleagues…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Shroud by Wicked Cinema
Artisan Craft by Cody Martin
Call Of Kingship by Cody Martin
Dream Sequence by Cody Martin
Every Life Matters by Cody Martin
Loaves & Fish by Cody Martin
Playing Games by Cody Martin
The Long Winter by Cody Martin
Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel
Attenborough by Lost Ghosts
Race Against Time by Moments
With You Always by Moments
Selha by Stephen Keech
Stolen Moments by Salon Dijon
St Mary by Chelsea McGough And Stephen Keech
Allied by Wicked Cinema
A Most Unusual Discovery by Wicked Cinema
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