Britain's Oil Hunters (History of BP)

DOCUMENTARY: Britain's Oil Hunters
On: History Plus 1
Date: Saturday 8th May 2010

From the first oil well in Persia to the deepest oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, this is the remarkable story of British oil exploration and the 100-year history of energy giants BP.

Just over a century ago, in 1908, oil was first discovered in a rugged part of Persia after a long and difficult search. Since then, discoveries large and small (and sometimes just in the nick of time) have fuelled BP's progress.

We take a look at the history of BP, a pioneering company that started life at the frontier of what was possible... and took hundreds of lives in the name of greed.