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The Guardian - UK
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Hollie Richardson, Ali Catterall and Ellen E Jones

TV tonight: the horror of the devastating Sea Empress oil spill, 30 years on

Roger Pinney, former BBC environment correspondent, waerng a blue rain jacket and sat on a wall overlooking a harbour
Roger Pinney, the former BBC environment correspondent in Black Waters: The Sea Empress Disaster. Photograph: BBC

Black Waters: The Sea Empress Disaster

9pm, BBC Two
“Horror. Absolute horror.” It has been 30 years since the Sea Empress oil spill disaster caused one of the UK’s most serious marine pollution incidents. Within hours of hitting rocks in Milford Haven port, Wales, 70,000 tons of oil poured into the sea and spread across the coastline of Pembrokeshire. In this documentary, those who saw the awful event tell their stories. HR

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