The Disasters that Shocked Scotland (2021)

Episode Overview

This episode takes us back to 1988, highlighting the tragic Piper Alpha disaster. On the fateful night of July 6, an explosion on the oil and gas platform near Aberdeen turned into the UK's deadliest offshore catastrophe. We also travel to 2004, when a blast in Maryhill, Glasgow, obliterated a bustling four-story plastics factory, leaving destruction in its wake.