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Windscale 1957: The Nuclear Winter

01/01/1996

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0hr 50min

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Documentary

STORY

In October 1957, one of the Windscale nuclear reactors caught fire. It was the world's first nuclear accident, attributed to the rush to build atomic weapons. This programme highlights the mistakes leading to a nuclear event which, 40 years on, still takes second place only to Chernobyl.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tim Pigott-Smith

    Director

  • Ian Fisher

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Border Television

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Tim Pigott-Smith

Self - Narrator (voice)