0:00:04 > 0:00:09Aberdeen Harbour, on the north-east coast of Scotland...
0:00:09 > 0:00:11SHIP'S HORN
0:00:11 > 0:00:14..one of Britain's oldest businesses...
0:00:14 > 0:00:17It's just like a conveyor belt. It just never just stops!
0:00:17 > 0:00:20..and one of Europe's most modern ports.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21You've got clearance to sail now.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24This is a glimpse into a hidden world...
0:00:24 > 0:00:26On our way. He's under the bell now.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29..of men and women who keep the harbour running...
0:00:29 > 0:00:31It's what you would call a typical woman.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34I'm a poor defenceless female, so watch it.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36..24 hours a day...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Things change like... CLICKS FINGERS
0:00:39 > 0:00:41It's getting on for a Force 10 now.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hang fire on that bell.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47This is just madness.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49..365 days a year...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Goodbye, cruel world.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54God, I'm greeting here.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- Jimmy!- How are you, my friend?
0:00:56 > 0:00:59It has been my pleasure.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00The Harbour.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03SHIP'S HORN
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Aberdeen Harbour handles almost five million tonnes of cargo,
0:01:12 > 0:01:16worth around £1.5 billion, every year.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Once you get in this machine, you get a good view of the boats.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23It's the main centre of operations
0:01:23 > 0:01:26for the offshore gas and oil industry,
0:01:26 > 0:01:29and the principal commercial port in northern Scotland.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Slow, slow...quick, quick, slow.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38It injects £510 million a year into the local economy.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44All this depends on the harbour staying open
0:01:44 > 0:01:46all day every day,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48and in all weathers.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54VTS. Pilot cutter. Hello, Crawf. Yes, it's Keith and me aboard.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57We're headed out. It's not very nice, is it?
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Pilot Tim Wingate is used to the unpredictable north-east weather,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06but even for him, gusts of up to 60 miles an hour are unusual.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Whatever you do in this weather, don't mess about.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15It's getting on for a Force 10 now.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It's not the nicest feeling in the world,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24but you've just got to get on with it. It's part of the job.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32There comes a point when it's almost too dangerous to leap from one boat to another.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Yeah, I know.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39This time, he makes it.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40OK, cheers.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47It's a bit rougher than it was yesterday. The wind's picked up. It's 40 knots, 45 knots.
0:02:48 > 0:02:54And Tim found it tough piloting the ship through the harbour's narrow entrance.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56That was hairy, that was, coming through the cut.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59It was about five metres off. But I was, like, full thrusters.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03As the evening progresses, the weather worsens.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09- I was coming in there, I was getting 65 knots. - I don't think that's a good idea.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13We'll just suspend it for an hour or so.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Whether or not the harbour closes is up to the pilots,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23the harbour master and Vessel Traffic Services, VTS.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26And they've decided to close it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39It's rare for the harbour to close for any length of time.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46But the stormy weather means it's unusually quiet for VTS controller, Ralph Greig.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49RADIO MESSAGE
0:03:51 > 0:03:54If you would note, please, that the port is currently closed
0:03:54 > 0:03:58due to high sea conditions at the entrance.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03It's his job to direct all activity within the harbour area.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06But not today.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Sorry, there's nothing happening.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10HE LAUGHS
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The one thing that we cannot control is the weather.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18We just can't.
0:04:18 > 0:04:24We've got six- to seven-metre high waves at the entrance now,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27which is just... No boat can really cope with that,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29coming in through such a narrow entrance.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Everybody who's in port is stuck in,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34and everybody who's outside is stuck out.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37But Ralph has other problems.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43You see, I've got my iPad with me but I've finished my book,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47so I've got nothing to read. That's my problem this morning.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01175 miles out at sea is the Bibby Sapphire.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06And saturation diver Terry Dearlove
0:05:06 > 0:05:09is preparing for his final dive of the tour.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15He's demob happy after spending 25 days inside this pressurised chamber,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19where the helium mix he breathes to enable him to dive at depth
0:05:19 > 0:05:21alters his voice.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24HIGH-PITCHED:
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Today, Terry is the bellman.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38It's his job to dress the divers
0:05:38 > 0:05:41and make sure that their helmets are on correctly.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59He also makes sure the divers have enough hot water in their suits,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02so they can survive in temperatures of just five degrees.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12Despite being paid £1,200 a day, the time is hanging heavily on Terry.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The harbour's been closed on and off for the past couple of days,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37and it's up to the duty pilot to decide whether it's safe to re-open.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- What do you reckon, Jim? Two? - Two, two-and-a-half metres.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Two-and-a-half metres. VTS pilot cutter.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51It's still a lot worse than it looks from there.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Every minute the harbour's closed costs money.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58The harbour doesn't get the revenue from the ship coming in.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03The agents in the port will therefore not get the work.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Stevedores, cranes, haulage companies...
0:07:07 > 0:07:12It's got a knock-on effect to everything if a ship can't come into port.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17It also means no work for boatmen Alan Cowper and Norman Campbell,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19sitting out the storm in their bothy.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Is it a BBC One or Two...?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I fancy a cruise up the Norwegian fjords.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I've seen them advertised. It's quite cheap, actually.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Aye, but I dinnae think it's so much you pay the cruise.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It's when you're on board, you're having to tip folk.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I'll gie ye a tip see that broken bottle, dinnae wipe yer arse wi' it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41That'll help you a lot, that one.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48This is it. At the moment, this is borderline.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51We have 17 inside, that we know, ready to sail.
0:07:51 > 0:07:57And we have...24 ready to come in.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05The duty pilot attempts to take the first vessel out.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Conditions are still rough.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17But he successfully makes the first run.
0:08:17 > 0:08:213½ knots round the corner. It's not fast enough.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24The harbour's back in business.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32We're going away to let go of the Highland Prince. He's ready to sail.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38But it will take time to clear the backlog that's accumulated.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42This is when the adrenaline starts to get going up here.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44RADIO CHATTER
0:08:44 > 0:08:46PHONE RINGS
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Highland Prince, boatman.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Yeah, that's me quayside, ready to let you go, Captain.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Of course when the weather dies down and everything can get going, it's a mad rush then.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Right, you're on the list.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01If conditions improve enough to get you out, we certainly will do.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16His shift over,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20Alan's watching his teenage daughter warm up at football practice.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Cassie's number 11. She usually plays in defence but...
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I'll maybe just give her a slap as she goes past,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31tell her to get on wi' it.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Her hobby takes him all over Scotland.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37She does look for you, though.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Even though she puts it out she's a big toughie, ye ken, she isn't.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44She always looks for you.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Talent scouts are looking for players for the Scottish Under-15 girls' squad.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52So the two have come to Glasgow for two days of trials.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58No, no, have you had success at rugby, like? Have you had success at that?
0:09:58 > 0:10:04- No, you haven't. Future job, career? - Hobo.- Hobo, aye, that's about it. Dinnae write hobo.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06'I must admit, I had a bit of a restless kind of night.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11'I think it was a bit of excitement and worry for her, like, you ken.'
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Well, she's only 13 and it's a lot for her,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16'but she seemed to be a wee bit nervous today as well.'
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Outside school.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20The tension is already beginning to show.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- 01224...- Oh, my God!- Aye, well, just in case you forget.- I know it!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It's been a long process for Cassie to make it this far.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- ..schoolteacher's to go for a trial in...- Yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Let's see if we can get some people into the next round for Scotland trials.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40The following two days will decide who makes the Scottish team.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Back on the Bibby Sapphire, the two divers are struggling to secure a valve.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- Has that gone on, fellas, has it? - 'No.'
0:10:54 > 0:10:56But it's proving tricky.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Is it not engaging properly?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01And the divers are running out of time.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- Yeah, turn it again.- The ship costs more than £4,000 an hour to run,
0:11:06 > 0:11:12and everyone is focused on finishing the job as quickly as possible, as long as it's safe.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17- It can go either way, it'll be loose.- Yeah, you can go either way with it, you know?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20He just wants to unscrew that first one.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Even just doing something like a hand tie, you know,
0:11:23 > 0:11:29you've got the water resistance, etcetera. Everything's a little bit more difficult.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33There's no option but to leave it for the next team.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37OK, guys, that's a nice one, that's your last dive, isn't it?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Yeah, thanks very much, lads.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49As Terry comes up, the other bell is on its way down.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52But there's another problem.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57Can you just hang fire on that bell? We'll concentrate on this one.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01One of the valves is open, and the dive bell is losing pressure.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05This port bell got into a bit of a problem with the seal.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Just standby, we'll try to put some pressure on this door.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Are all your valves open, yep? - 'Yep.'
0:12:10 > 0:12:15All Terry and the other divers can do is wait.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19I've got pressure on the door, we'll go for a seal again, take ten.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- 'Roger.' - That's looking good this side.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- OK, we're good here, Rob. Equalising. - 'Roger.'
0:12:26 > 0:12:31- It's all OK now.- Jeff White is the life support supervisor.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36It's his job to constantly monitor the divers living in saturation.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- And he'll say...- 'Down the door, please, mate.'- Coming down.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Another day dawns at the harbour.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Skandi Buchan, VTS, OK. Pilot's on his way to you. Feel free to let go.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Ralph started working at VTS just over five years ago.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14VTS, OK, you've got clearance to sail now.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18While he loves the job, it's taken him away from his first love.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20All clear.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23And a career change is in the offing.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30The ships, when I was at sea, best bit of it was driving them.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33I think that's why everybody goes to sea, is driving the boats.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37And it's the one thing I've missed since I've come shoreside.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39All fast. Thank you.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42So Ralph has decided to train as a pilot,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46which is almost heretical for a VTS controller.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Pilots and VTS, although we work together,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52they're like chalk and cheese.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Most of the guys up here can't believe the pilots going out there
0:13:56 > 0:13:59in all the rough weather, the cold, the wind, the rain, the snow,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02the sleet and jumping aboard the boats.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08And all the pilots can't believe the guys up here
0:14:08 > 0:14:12having to put up with the emails and the phone calls, you know.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Morning, Brian. What, here?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17So I'm a bit of an oddity.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I just like driving ships. When you're on board a ship,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29one of these big, huge ships, you do something on the bridge of that ship,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33and something that size does exactly what you want it to do.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It's almost one of the best jobs you could have at sea.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Keep going, keep going, that's it.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52APPLAUSE
0:14:52 > 0:14:56On the pitch, Cassie is doing her best to impress the scouts.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03She's been playing football since she was about, I would say, five, six years old.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Keep going up...
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Anything to do with your national team's going to be exciting, ken?
0:15:11 > 0:15:17She's facing stiff competition from 29 other girls, all hoping to make the final selection.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21Absolute rubbish.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25Mind the hankies that I gave to thingy last year? You'll need them!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Best player in the park, I think.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Cassie, though, has caught the scouts' eye.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Cassie, she's no' scared of a tackle.
0:15:36 > 0:15:42- Her use of the ball is good.- Mm-hm. - But she definitely has to watch her positional sense.
0:15:42 > 0:15:47But it's not a good game for Cassie. Her team loses 6-2.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51What can you do? You can only try your best.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53They didn't seem to close them down enough.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57- We didn't play well. - Left holding the bags. The usual.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04It will be an agonising few days before they find out if Cassie's made the team.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16On the Bibby Sapphire, Terry is now beginning the lengthy process of decompression.
0:16:27 > 0:16:33The gas that Terry's been breathing over the past 25 days has dissolved into his body.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38So that it can be released safely, the pressure on his body has to be
0:16:38 > 0:16:41gradually reduced over a period of days.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- HIGH-PITCHED: - November, November!
0:16:43 > 0:16:46'It's a bit like a fizzy bottle.'
0:16:46 > 0:16:52If you kind of release that lid or cap too quick, the bubbles come out too quick.
0:16:52 > 0:16:58'And it would actually burst through their skin if you try and bring them up too quick.'
0:16:58 > 0:17:00That's why it takes so long to bring them out,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04because we have to do a little bit, a little bit each time.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Without that gradual reduction in pressure, the divers would
0:17:09 > 0:17:13suffer from the bends, which, at this depth, would be fatal.
0:17:16 > 0:17:22It's about half-five, and they're out just before three tomorrow.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25So, less then a day. Yeah, they're looking forward to it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34At some point, some guys will give it a go.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37It's either for you or it isn't.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39If you've got a fear of closed in spaces,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41you definitely don't want to go in there!
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Then Terry spots something ominous.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00A storm coming his way.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06That may well scupper all his plans.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35It's now been three days since the football trials,
0:18:35 > 0:18:39and Alan's waiting to hear whether Cassie's made it into the team.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41That's ten o'clock.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48'When it's your kids, like, you want the best for them, ye ken.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52'You don't want to let them down.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55'I don't know how she'll feel, whether if she doesn't qualify,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57'she's not good enough, I don't know.'
0:18:57 > 0:19:02Four nights a week training, two games on a Saturday and Sunday.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05Only Friday night off, it's a lot for a young girl, ken.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08But the call he expects doesn't come.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11You just want to hear one way or another.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17And Alan has to go to work.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21It's very frustrating,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24especially when they told you it was going to be half nine this morning.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Give or take an hour,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28so half ten, you'd have thought it would have been in,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30and here's half 12 and it's still not in.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Even when she's not working,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41her sea-faring customers are never far
0:19:41 > 0:19:45from barmaid Val Morrison's mind.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Here's Danny, "Yeah, I'm not too bad. Over in Barcelona."
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Aberdeen fine.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Busy as usual.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Sometimes, I'm on here speaking to my guys
0:19:55 > 0:19:58till 4 or 5 in the morning.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03I ken it's daft. Everybody says, "Oh, they're just boat guys,"
0:20:03 > 0:20:05but they're nae just boat guys to me.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I hope I havenae sent that to myself.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12For sailors all over the world,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15their girl in Aberdeen Harbour will always be Val
0:20:15 > 0:20:18at the Crown and Anchor.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Right, my darling.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22- Can I have a bottle of...? - A bottle of Newcie Brown.- Yes.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24You need a Bombay Sapphire with a bottle of tonic.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27You need a vodka and lemonade there, you need a bottle of Corona there,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30you need a pint of lager for you, he disnae need a pint of lager...
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- You're a legend in Vietnam, by the way.- How?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I was on a boat in Vietnam...
0:20:34 > 0:20:35- You weren't?!- I was!
0:20:35 > 0:20:39I've to ask you, what's the Coalminer's Daughter song?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- SHE LAUGHS - Who asked you that?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Ah! That's your karaoke song, is it? - That's right!
0:20:44 > 0:20:47That was fae Chris Gunn fae Shetland.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Oh, I always used to have to sing that song to him when he was here.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55# I was born a coalminer's daughter... #
0:20:55 > 0:20:58She's known all over the world, supposedly.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59I don't know what for, though!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I could never retire. ..Three.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04I'll never, ever retire from here.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07The Crown and Anchor is just as familiar
0:21:07 > 0:21:10to sailors even closer to home.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Like ship's master Hugh Jones
0:21:12 > 0:21:16and offshore project manager Roger Lowe on the Bibby Sapphire.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I sometimes frequent the Crown and Anchor
0:21:19 > 0:21:22on the other side of the dock area.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25And the captain is actually very friendly with the landlady there.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28HE LAUGHS
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Outside, the weather's rapidly deteriorating.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36We're looking at Sunday there
0:21:36 > 0:21:39between six-and-a-half and ten-and-a-half metres.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45But all Terry cares about is escaping from decompression.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50You're going to be a happy bunny within an hour.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Yeah, they're really anticipating coming out very much now.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56They're probably hoping the door goes early,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59but we don't let that happen.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09See if they can resist pulling the door.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12He's got his roll under his arm.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Almost to the minute.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15He'll try the door.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17DOOR CLANGS AGAINST FRAME
0:22:17 > 0:22:21See, even with a small amount of pressure in there,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23they won't be able to open the door.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25They're counting the seconds now.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Finally, Alan gets a call...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- Hello?- ..but it's not the one he's expecting.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44I dinnae ken, we haven't found out yet.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46He's worse than an expectant mother, is he?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49It's getting a bit annoying now.
0:22:49 > 0:22:50I ken I'm pacing!
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Nae much wonder he's grey. Worry.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55PHONE RINGS
0:22:55 > 0:22:57It's not my phone, it's not my phone.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58And there's another call.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06OK, Mum, I'll phone when I ken. Ta-ra. Bye-bye. Bye.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09David Cameron.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14His colleague Norman knows how much it means to Alan
0:23:14 > 0:23:15that his children do well.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Alan and I... All the boatmen...
0:23:19 > 0:23:22When you're on with somebody for as long as we are,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25we see each other more than we see our wives and kids.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28So you speak... Obviously night shift, if it's a quiet shift,
0:23:28 > 0:23:31you speak about your life, so your lives are actually intertwined,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34even though you've got separate lives.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39When the next job comes in, Norman covers it.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Good old Norm.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49On the Bibby Sapphire, Terry's exploding with impatience.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52All right, fellas.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54The door should have opened by now.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57It's hovering over the "on surface",
0:23:57 > 0:23:59so I don't know what's keeping that door shut.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Finally, after 28 days and five hours...
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- All right? How you doing? - Very well. How you feeling?
0:24:09 > 0:24:10I'm feeling...
0:24:10 > 0:24:13I'm feeling OK at the moment.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16I'll be feeling even better though if you let me get out.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24First thing I'm going to do?
0:24:24 > 0:24:28I'm going to go for a drink and then I'm going to go
0:24:28 > 0:24:30and maybe have a number two or something like that.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Did you see the voice change then? It was just a little bit different.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37We're still stood near there so you're getting gas coming out,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40so my voice is changing back to normal now.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41'Jimmy!'
0:24:41 > 0:24:44And there's the chance to catch up with old friends.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Terry! How are you, Terry?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52No-one knows exactly when the ship's going back to Aberdeen.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55But Terry hopes it's soon.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58On Saturday night, it's my daughter's 18th birthday party.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02She's got like the top floor of a club and two DJs are coming,
0:25:02 > 0:25:04so it should be a right ball.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06But I think she's got a lot of friends
0:25:06 > 0:25:08that are a bit younger than 18,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11so I think we might have to keep our eyes out
0:25:11 > 0:25:14and keep control of the situation a bit...
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Mind you, some of my mates are going, so...
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I'll keep an eye out for them as well!
0:25:21 > 0:25:23'So 13, make up closed...'
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Although Terry's finished,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29the other dive teams are still working.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Not for much longer, though.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34It looks like we're going to be diving for about two hours, I think,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37then the weather's going to get too bad...
0:25:37 > 0:25:39So... They've just got one job
0:25:39 > 0:25:42they want to try and finish down there.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44When waves are higher than four metres,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48there's too much movement on the bell to operate safely.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Even less than that triggers an alarm.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53ALARM BEEPS
0:25:53 > 0:25:55That took us out of position limits.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57'What was the alarm?'
0:25:57 > 0:26:00We went just outside the three-metre position limit then.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03That was quite a big wave came underneath us, just moved the ship.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09The storm that Terry first heard about on the internet
0:26:09 > 0:26:10is finally arriving.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14The next few days are going to be rough.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20But the oil company doesn't want to go back until the job's finished.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24In 48 hours' time, there's a dip in the forecast,
0:26:24 > 0:26:27which means we'll be able to carry on diving at that stage.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30So, we're going to stay out here until we get the dip...
0:26:30 > 0:26:34And rock and roll and go up and down and hang on to things
0:26:34 > 0:26:36and try not to spill our coffee.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Terry will miss his daughter's birthday.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43It's a big disappointment.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50I think it's all driven by a hierarchy that I don't understand.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53That's why I'm just a diver and don't work in an office.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04PHONE RINGS Oh!
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Hello?
0:27:06 > 0:27:08I'm fine, Wayne. Yourself?
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Oh, magic! Oh, I'm chuffed to bits for her.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Aye.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Oh, that's good news, then.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18OK, lovely, Wayne. Thanks for the news.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21OK, bye, now. Bye.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24That's that. God, I'm just about greetin' here.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Alan has chased himself stupidly.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31The amount of hours that he's put in,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34back and forth, watching the kids play football,
0:27:34 > 0:27:36supporting them amazingly.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38God, aye. God.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I'm chuffed to bits for her.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42It's paid off.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45So it's really nice to see that happen.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Cassie? Cassie, you've gotten in, darling!
0:27:48 > 0:27:50OK, are you chuffed?
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Aye, you sound like it, like.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57You can hardly hear me?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Well, OK. Dad will see you when he comes tonight, OK?
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I'm glad for you, darling.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03OK, bye-bye. Bye.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06Nae interested.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It's good for her. I'm really chuffed.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21Coming up, there's a new face at VTS...
0:28:21 > 0:28:23I'm told they are old dinosaurs.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27..and something fishy down at the docks...
0:28:27 > 0:28:30You wouldn't like to meet him on a dark night, would you?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33..while the crew of the Bibby Sapphire brace themselves.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35This is just madness.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Mother Nature at her worst.
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