17 August 2021 Factual 58 mins
It is the early 70s, and oil has been discovered in the North Sea. The UK needs rigs and needs them fast. Their search for a location to build the platforms settles on the sleepy Highland bay of Nigg on the Cromarty Firth, and a way of life is changed for ever.
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Annie Louise Ross as Narrator
Don Coutts Director
United Kingdom 17 August 2021
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