Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
The Golden Ticket
In this episode, 1970s Britain is struggling with industrial decline and mass unemployment, but first oil flowing from the North Sea brings hope. Offshore platforms are soon pumping gallons of oil and gas back to mainland Britian and into the economy. It's tough, dangerous work, but it promises good wages and steady employment to thousands of men. At the heart of this boom is Piper Alpha: a giant, oil and gas-producing platform located 120 miles off the coast of Aberdeen that feeds the UK's energy supply.
We meet the men who worked it: drilling foreman Mark Reid, superintendent engineer Andy Mochan, electrician Bob Ballantyne, control room operator Geoff Bollands and underwater inspection diver Ed Punchard.
Dark Cloud Over Aberdeen
Piper Alpha burns and the platform begins to collapse. With 167 men and just a handful of survivors, grief turns to fury and the fight for justice begins back home.
The Perfect Storm
With Piper Alpha gone, survivors' evidence becomes key to the truth. The inquiry reveals fatal errors, ignored warnings and failed systems. Will there be justice?
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