Powering Britain

Series looking at the different sources of energy powering England, and the people who work in the industry.

Created By

Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Powering Britain

First Air Date

October 29, 2020

Last Air Date

November 26, 2020

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC One

S01E04

Nuclear

Keeley Donovan meets the people working at Britain's biggest operational nuclear site at Heysham on the Lancashire coast. Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 power stations make enough electricity to power more than four million homes. Keeley follows engineers as they undertake a huge maintenance programme called an outage. But with Britain in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, will engineers be able to get one of the reactors back on line to provide much-needed energy to the nation?

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