Fire in the Night (2013)

Name: Fire in the Night
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2013-06-19
Rating: 6

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1h 33m

Running Time

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Tayyaba Irtizaali

Art Direction

Anthony Wonke

Director

Andrew Phillips

Composer

Mike Eley

Cinematographer

Stephen Ellis

Editor

Details.

Release Date
June 19, 2013

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 33m

Genres
Documentary History

Last updated: 2024-09-19

Wiki.

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.