Filming for BBC programme takes place in Rhyl

“Blast! Films”, the production company behind the programme, captured some of Rhyl's Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crew members in action at the start of October.

Filming concerned the crew's night-time rescue of a yacht, a spokesperson for Blast! Films told the Journal.

This was filmed ahead of the ninth series of Saving Lives at Sea, which is likely to air next year.

Filming for Saving Lives at Sea takes place in Rhyl (Image: Callum Robinson)

Saving Lives at Sea's eighth series is currently airing every Thursday on BBC Two, and documents the lives of the men and women of the RNLI.

Filming also took place for the programme in Rhyl and Abergele in March of this year, though this footage was not used in the final cut of the episode concerned.

In the last two weeks, episodes have aired focusing partly on rescue missions carried out by the RNLI crews in Conwy and Llandudno.

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Meanwhile, volunteers at Rhyl's RNLI Lifeboat Station held their annual "Fish Supper" on October 12, with more than 100 guests in attendance.

People who had bought tickets were treated to fish and chips served by the volunteer crew members, in the main boat hall of the station.

Rhyl RNLI's annual Fish Supper (Image: Callum Robinson)

A few moments were also taken to remember the late Cllr Pete Prendergast, who, as vice chair of Rhyl RNLI, helped organise the event up until his sudden death a few weeks prior.

Rhyl coxswain Martin Jones said: "We would like to thank everyone who turned up on the evening to support the station for our first Fish Supper since the pandemic; it was great to see so many people in the boathouse.

"We would also like to say a special thanks to Les & Rita's and Aunty Mandy's chip shops for supporting the event by supplying the huge number of fish and chips at a discounted rate, and also very quickly."