The Disasters that Shocked Scotland — Season 1, Episode 1: Piper Alpha & Stockline
30 min • 1 season, 6 episodes
Episode synopsis
In this episode, we revisit 1988, and the devastating Piper Alpha disaster. On the night of 6 July, an explosion on the oil and gas platform off the coast of Aberdeen resulted in the worst offshore disaster in the UK. We also journey back to 2004, when an explosion in Maryhill in the west of Glasgow, reduced a busy four-story plastics factory to rubble
About The Disasters that Shocked Scotland
Through archive footage, emotional testimony from those impacted by the events, and interviews with journalists who covered the stories, this series examines disasters that have shocked Scotland.