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Oil Rig

on BBC Radio 4 FM

A sound portrait of a visit.
Earlier this year the blow-out on a North Sea drilling platform, tackled so excitingly by Red Adair and his team, was a timely reminder of the dangerous conditions under which our North Sea prosperity is won.
In this shortened version of the programme broadcast in February on Radio 3, a BBC team records in sound and voices the experience of living on board an exploration rig.
"A devastating impression of reality." (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
(Stereo/Binaural) (The full binaural effect of this programme can be achieved by listening through stereo headphones)

Contributors

Field recordings by:
Leo Feord
Field recordings by/Technical Realisation in Binaural Sound:
Lloyd Silverthorne
Compiled and directed by:
Anthony Simmons
Producer:
Richard Imison

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