Oct 6, 2026 · 18 min · 6 segments
Musician Mark Manning portrays his musical mentor in an episode of "Son of a Critch" about the cod moratorium + Is he the next Zita Cobb? Spencer Lake has founded the Saltwind Foundation to bolster…
Mark ManningGuestSpencer LakeGuestPaula GayleHost
Bernice HillierThe lead singer of Rum Ragged, Mark Manning, got to portray one of his musical mentors.
It was in an episode of CBC's Son of a Critch that aired last night, an episode called Empty Nets.
I, watching this episode last night, there were so much going on, so many layers.
There is a protest, uh, heading into Confederation Building, and the premier is being played by Jim Payne, and you [laughs] are playing Jim? Like [laughs]...
Uh, yeah, some form of a, I guess a, a, a musician, uh, Singing Fisherman, I believe was the, uh, the title of the, uh, the character.
But, uh, yeah, actually getting an opportunity to sing one of my favorite, uh, Jim Payne songs.
They're always so good, but, uh, Empty Nets, uh, was of course the, the title of the, uh, of the episode written by Perry Che for Mark.
And it, um, it was a, a incredible opportunity to be able to, to be a part of telling, you know, Mark's story, but in turn getting to tell a part of the story of Newfoundland and Labrador as well.
I guess they were putting things together, and they were looking for some people to, uh, play the different roles, and my name came up as a possibility.
And I was, uh, got in touch with and went through the whole, uh, rigmarole of making it happen.
The lead singer of Rum Ragged, Mark Manning, got to portray one of his musical mentors.
It was in an episode of CBC's Son of a Critch that aired last night, an episode called Empty Nets.
I, watching this episode last night, there were so much going on, so many layers.
There is a protest, uh, heading into Confederation Building, and the premier is being played by Jim Payne, and you [laughs] are playing Jim? Like [laughs]...
Uh, yeah, some form of a, I guess a, a, a musician, uh, Singing Fisherman, I believe was the, uh, the title of the, uh, the character.
But, uh, yeah, actually getting an opportunity to sing one of my favorite, uh, Jim Payne songs.
They're always so good, but, uh, Empty Nets, uh, was of course the, the title of the, uh, of the episode written by Perry Che for Mark.
And it, um, it was a, a incredible opportunity to be able to, to be a part of telling, you know, Mark's story, but in turn getting to tell a part of the story of Newfoundland and Labrador as well.
I guess they were putting things together, and they were looking for some people to, uh, play the different roles, and my name came up as a possibility.
And I was, uh, got in touch with and went through the whole, uh, rigmarole of making it happen.
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