The Disasters that Shocked Scotland

The Disasters That Shocked Scotland

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Documentary revisiting 12 disasters that have shocked Scotland over the last 50 years.

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Mick McAvoy

Lotte Murphy-Johnson

Kirsty MacFarlane

The Disasters That Shocked Scotland: Series 1: Episode 1

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Exploring the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster and the 2004 Stockline explosion

Documentary revisiting two devastating tragedies that shocked the nation. This episode focuses on the 1988 Piper Alpha disaster and the 2004 Stockline explosion.


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.

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.

The Disasters That Shocked Scotland: Series 1

A BBC TV channel for Scotland which will broadcast every evening and will show drama, factual, comedy and news programmes made in Scotland


Series examining 12 disasters that have shocked Scotland over the last 50 years.

Examining events such as the Piper Alpha disaster, the Lockerbie bombing and the Polmont rail crash, this series revisits 12 disasters that have shocked Scotland over the last 50 years.

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