09 Sep 2009
Crude
The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
Dounreay: The Atomic Dream
Documentary telling the story of the rise and fall of a daring experiment into atomic energy as the history of the Dounreay fast reactor is charted by the pioneers involved.
Top Billed Cast
Ken Stott Self - Narrator (voice)
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