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The Final: the Oil Platform
Finalists compete on an oil rig in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeen. Their task is to take an aerial photograph of the platform without using an aircraft. (1986)
Finalists compete on an oil rig in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeen. Their task is to take an aerial photograph of the platform without using an aircraft. Former RAF aerial photographer Tom Pratt is the guest judge. Heinz Wolff also takes the opportunity to look around and learn more about the rig itself. (1986)
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Fri 12 Sep 198619:30
BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
Did You Know?
In 1983, Heinz Wolff devised an experiment to monitor the brainwaves of astronauts in the Challenger Space Shuttle.
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- Fri 12 Sep 198619:30BBC Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
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