The fire they hid from the world—and the heroes they buried to save face.
Film revealing how political ambition fuelled the Windscale fire of 1957 and then dictated that the heroes of Windscale be made the scapegoats.
Direction
Sarah Aspinall builds dread from bureaucratic memos.
Writing
Caroline Catz's narration drips with controlled fury.
Director
Sarah Aspinall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The fire released twice the radiation of Three Mile Island, yet remained classified 'officially' for decades because Britain needed American nuclear cooperation.
This disaster directly shaped later UK nuclear policy—and explains why Sellafield's still cleaning up the mess today.
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