The crew of a fishing boat blocked emergency radio frequencies for hours as they watched an erotic film.
The crew of the Blyth-based Oceania accidentally left their radio switched to the emergency channel on Thursday as they were off the North East coast.
They then settled down to watch the film Crash on a TV which was next to the radio - not realising it was being broadcast over a 30-mile radius.
A lifeboat from Berwick was dispatched to alert the crew to their mistake. Frantic coastguards contacted Channel Four to broadcast an urgent message during the film. But the lifeboat crew from Berwick managed to reach the vessel before the message was broadcast.
