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Thank you!

It’s been a tough time for everyone. On Launch! we have been honoured to work with a brilliant team who have supported us and this project above and beyond. From our brilliant funders and partners in the RNLI to everyone who has worked on the production. And special mention to Jason, Jenny, Arun, John, David, and Neil - their creative energy for much longer than we all originally thought has been an inspiration to us.
There’s been flexibility with shifting timelines, valuable time and careful attention to detail from every expert working with us, and a passion for the project which we hope we can share with audiences, honouring lifeboat crews and communities across Scotland.
With deepest thanks from Launch! co-producers,
With deepest thanks from Launch! co-producers,
The Musicians
John Ellis
Arun Ghosh
Jason Singh
Jenny Sturgeon
Wing Munro RNLI Thurso
Peigi Robertson RNLI Oban
Sheona Smith RNLI Kinghorn
Arun Ghosh
Jason Singh
Jenny Sturgeon
Featuring the Voices of
Angus Budge RNLI LonghopeWing Munro RNLI Thurso
Peigi Robertson RNLI Oban
Sheona Smith RNLI Kinghorn
Sincere thanks to the RNLI for allowing us to work with their archive materials, especially:
Eleanor Driscoll
Senior Production Specialist
Dr Joanna Bellis
Heritage Interpretation Development Officer
Scott Fraser
Marketing and Visitor Experience - Scotland
Martin Macnamara
Regional Media Officer - Scotland
Dr Samantha Jones
Lifeboat Operations Manager, Tobermory RNLI
The Production
Launch! Marketing
Neil Hepburn
Graphic Designer
Stuart Graham, Snowball Design
Soundtrack Produced and Mixed by
David McEwan at The Sanctuary Studio, London
Soundtrack Rehearsed & Recorded at
Limefield Studios, Middleton, Manchester
Recording Engineer
Will Falkiner
Thanks to Donald Shaw and Lesley Shaw
at Celtic Connections
Colour grade / Online
Minttu Mäntynen
DCP Creation and 5.1 Dub
Arteus Post Production, Glasgow
The amazing photographs of women crew members and audio interview clips courtesy of
Jack Lowe at The Lifeboat Station Project
lifeboatstationproject.com
Funders
Thanks to our funders who have been so supportive and responsive throughout the project as it changed form due to the impacts of the pandemic:
EventScotland through Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund and as part of the Year of Coasts and Waters 20/21 #YCW2021

The National Lottery through Creative Scotland
Photo Credits
And thanks to those that have captured Launch! and supplied images we’ve incorporated in the film and this website:
Vhairi Walker Visual Artist - Image of the RNLI Macduff screening presented by NEAT
Eoin Carey – Images of the Celtic Connections show
Jack Lowe of The Lifeboat Station Project – Images of modern lifeboat crews
Reece Straw at Underhill Creative – Images from rehearsals in Limefield Studios, Manchester
Dale Smith – Image of Jason Singh and Shona Thomson in Shetland
Roger Moody – Image of Jason Singh
Graeme MacDonald – Image of Jenny Sturgeon
RNLI – Images from archive films
National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive – Images from archive films