fantastic fireworks are twice winners of the british fireworks championship (1997 and 2015) and have been recognized for the quality of their fireworks displays. in 2006, they earned an entry in the guinness world records for a rocket launch in plymouth, devon that involved 56,645 rockets being set off in thirty seconds. in 1997, it was the first winner of the british fireworks championship. in 2015 the company won the title for a second time in 2016 fantastic fireworks won the best visual spectacular category of the event production awards for its production of jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worlds