Rigs of Nigg
2021•58m•8.0•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Don Coutts
Studio
BBC Scotland
Cast
Annie Louise Ross
Narrator
Production
Company
BBC Scotland
Producer
Don Coutts
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