Lottery winner Peter Lavery looks back on the day that changed his life and races to finish the ambitious conversion of the Titanic Pumphouse into a whiskey distillery.
A character study of Peter Lavery, a Belfast bus driver who won £10.2m on the lottery in 1996 and has several new business enterprises launching this year, including the first whiskey distillery in the city for 90 years.
The film follows the progress of Peter’s ambitious plans for a ‘floating’ distillery in the Titanic Pumphouse and the launch of a new tour boat on the River Lagan. We also look back at his lottery win, what happened to him after that, and how he coped with the turmoil of going from earning £200 a week to suddenly becoming one of Northern Ireland's richest people overnight.
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"You couldn't have picked a more difficult challenge"
Duration: 01:04
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Participant | Peter Lavery |
| Participant | Andrew Cowan |
| Participant | Damien Rafferty |
| Participant | Alexandra Shannon |
| Participant | Diane Poole |
| Production Manager | Claire Little |
| Executive Producer | Trevor Birney |
| Executive Producer | Justin Binding |
| Producer | Graham Little |
Broadcasts
Fri 15 Sep 202319:30BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Wales & Wales HD- Fri 15 Sep 202321:00BBC One Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
- Sat 16 Sep 202316:00BBC One Wales & Wales HD only
- Wed 20 Sep 202323:40BBC One except Scotland & Scotland HD
- Tue 31 Oct 202322:40BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
- Wed 1 Nov 202322:00BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
