Black Waters: The Sea Empress Disaster

BBC One Wales

10:40 PM to 11:40 PM

Wednesday 18 February

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Documentary about the impact of the environmental disaster when the Sea Empress tanker ran aground at the entrance to Milford Haven port in 1996. Within hours, thousands of tons of crude oil had poured into the sea, which eventually spread across the coastline of Pembrokeshire, blackening beaches, poisoning wildlife and transforming a thriving tourist region into the centre of an environmental emergency watched by the world