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    1 9 9 4 – 1 9 9 5 (UK)
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    This drama series from the BBC centred on the working and personal lives of the crew of the fictional Norsco oil rig Osprey Explorer in the North Sea.

    Kieran Prendiville (late of Tomorrow’s World and That’s Life) took two years researching the story and there was much drama due to the very nature of the subject, with hurricane-force gales, sub-zero temperatures and the forced intimacy of workers flown from the real world (two weeks on, two weeks off) to an island on stilts where safety and survival were never taken for granted.

    Six episodes were broadcast in June and July 1994, with a subsequent seven episodes aired in November and December 1995.

    Offshore filming took place on the oil rig Dan Countess, which was not in use at the time.

    Tessa Buckingham
    Teresa Banham
    Ceefax
    Colum Convey
    Ian
    Paul Copley
    Tom
    James Cosmo
    Chris
    Liam Cunningham
    Hilary
    Francesca Hunt
    Heather
    Ashley Jensen
    Terry
    Bruce Jones
    Drew McAllister
    John McGlynn
    Izzy
    Anne Raitt
    Kevin
    George Rossi
    Archie
    Clive Russell
    Wilf
    Hywel Simons
    Cinders
    Ricky Tomlinson
    Davey
    Alec Westwood
    Edvard
    Martin Wenner
    Cath
    Katy Murphy
    Telegram Sam
    John Kazek

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