The Disasters That Shocked Scotland

11:30 PM to 12:00 AM
Wednesday 26 February
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Season 1 Episode 2 of 6

Through archive footage and testimony from those impacted by the events and journalists who covered the stories, a look back at two disasters that shocked the nation. This programme revisits the Polmont rail crash of 1984 when a rush hour train travelling from Edinburgh to Glasgow derailed. Two years later, a Chinook helicopter carrying 47 oil workers and crew, crashed on its return to Shetland

The Disasters That Shocked Scotland airs on BBC Scotland at 11:30 PM, Wednesday 26 February. (Subtitles, repeat.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
History
News ➝ Current Affairs
Documentary
Kirsty MacFarlane
Producer
Lotte Murphy-Johnson
Series Producer
Mick McAvoy
Executive Producer