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Real Men Under Pressure
Documentary about the bizarre working life of the men who search the North Sea sea bed for oil.
Jess, Martin and Stu regularly dive to 200 metres under the North Sea to satisfy our insatiable desire for oil. They live for a month in a tiny metal chamber in the heart of a ship, under pressure, so they can make regular excursions to the sea bed without suffering decompression sickness. Breathing a helium/oxygen mix and travelling to the sea bed in a diving bell that looks like a space ship, the trio exist in a bizarre and remarkable world that has rarely been seen before.
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Tue 4 Sep 2007
02:20
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- Sun 12 Aug 2007 19:00
- Tue 4 Sep 2007 02:20