THE MERCY

(2017) 12

8.35PM, BBC2

Biographical drama charting the sad voyage of deception made by Donald Crowhurst during a solo round-the-world yacht race in 1968-69. Colin Firth stars as Crowhurst, with Rachel Weisz as his wife, who is equally lost on dry land as the drama unfolds out at sea.

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