22 May 2006
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.
Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster
Film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats.
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Caroline Catz Self - Narrator (voice)
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