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The Marchioness Disaster

A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in August 1989, which killed over 50 people. The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission. It has never been broadcast in the UK, but has been screened in France.

Top Cast

  • John Benfield

    John Benfield

    Peter Butcher

  • Robert Daws

    Robert Daws

    Cannon John Jeffrey

  • Alex McGettigan

    Alex McGettigan

    Lawrence Dallaglio

  • Peter Lorenzelli

    Peter Lorenzelli

    Vincent Dallaglio

  • Barbara Flynn

    Barbara Flynn

    Eileen Dallaglio

  • John Salthouse

    John Salthouse

    John Perks

  • Heather Tobias

    Heather Tobias

    Marie Perks

  • Sophia Di Martino

    Sophia Di Martino

    Erika Spotswood

  • Ellen Thomas

    Ellen Thomas

    Linda Hunt

Overview

A factual reconstruction of the events leading up to, during and after the Marchioness was struck by the Bow Belle Dredger on the river Thames in August 1989, which killed over 50 people. The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission. It has never been broadcast in the UK, but has been screened in France.

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