Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story
The Golden Ticket
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
On July 6 1988, a series of explosions destroyed the Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea, killing 167 men and leaving only 61 survivors. In minute-by-minute detail, this documentary tells the story of how the disaster unfolded and the search for truth, using the testimony of survivors given just months after the disaster, now re-created by actors, and interviews with those whose lives were changed for ever
Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story airs on BBC Scotland HD (Freeview) at 9:00 PM, Sunday 24 August. (New, series, subtitles, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Grace Kirkwood
Producer
Ed Horne
Editor
Lucie Ridout
Executive Producer