Fire in the Night

Fire in the Night (2013)

A re-examination of the events that led to the Piper Alpha oil-drilling platform—at the time the largest and oldest in the North Sea oilfield—exploding on the night of 6 July 1988, killing 167 men. The documentary includes testimonies from rescuers and some of the 61 survivors, many of whom were forced to jump hundreds of feet into a flaming, oil-covered sea, and discovers what the physical and psychological legacy of the disaster has meant for those involved.

Date of release
2013-06-19
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Anthony Wonke

Interesting facts

Fire in the Night is a 2013 British documentary film about the Piper Alpha disaster made by Berriff McGinty Films which had been set up by Stephen McGinty, author of the 2008 book Fire in the Night and Paul Berriff, a film maker and cameraman who had witnessed the events of the disaster. It was directed by Anthony Wonke. It won a Scottish BAFTA as Best Single Documentary and the Audience Award at the 2013 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It was first shown on television on 9 July 2013 on BBC Two, three days after the 25th anniversary of the disaster.

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