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The Rig( 2023)

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Overview

When the crew of the Kishorn Bravo oil rig, stationed off the Scottish coast, is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious and all-enveloping fog rolls through and they find themselves cut off from all communication with the outside world. As the rig is hit by massive tremors, the crew endeavor to discover what’s driving the unknown force. But a major accident forces them to ask questions about who they can really trust.

  1. David Macpherson

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Emily Hampshire

    Rose Mason

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    Iain Glen

    Magnus MacMillan

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    Martin Compston

    Fulmer Hamilton

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    Mark Bonnar

    Alwyn Evans

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    Molly Vevers

    Heather Shaw

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    Stuart McQuarrie

    Colin Murchison

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    Abraham Popoola

    Easter Ayodeji

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    Emun Elliott

    Leck Longman

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    Calvin Demba

    Barry 'Baz' Roberts

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    Richard Pepple

    Grant Dunlin

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    Owen Teale

    Lars Hutton

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    Rochenda Sandall

    Cat Braithwaite

Current Season

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Season 1

2023 | 6 Episodes

When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.

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A review by MovieGuys

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Written by MovieGuys on Sun Jan 08 2023
The Rig takes a tough mans environment and turns it into a woke playground, with an sprinkling of drippy types that are instantly out of place and would fit better into a downtown Starbucks, than this unforgiving environment. To add to the sense of implausible asinine tedium, the story is bland, unoriginal and slow. Nothing new on offer here. Perhaps its time to turn off the nonsense and accept some things for what they are, rather than trying to astro turf the truth. Rigs are overwhelmingly a mans world, just as midwifery is dominated by women. That said, even if this had been play...

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Facts

Status

Returning Series

Status

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • supernatural
  • survival
  • oil
  • oil rig 
  • terror