Fire in the Night

Directed by Anthony Wonke, this documentary commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha oil rig catastrophe. It revisits the circumstances that culminated in the explosion of the drilling platform, which was the largest and oldest in the North Sea oilfield at the time, on the night of July 6, 1988, resulting in the deaths of 167 men. The film features accounts from rescuers and some of the 61 survivors, many of whom had to leap hundreds of feet into a sea engulfed in flames and oil, and explores the enduring physical and psychological impact of the disaster on those affected.