S4 Ep35: The SS Torrey Canyon - 1967

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Mar 16, 202055:48Society & Culture

It’s 1967, it’s the Scilly Isles and a jumbo-ized mega tanker full of dirty oil is about to cause more damage to the Cornish economy than Brexit, Thatcher and Fleetwood Mac put together. In what must be the crudest insta...

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