The Marchioness Disaster (2008)

5.5/10 95 min TV Movie

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The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission.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.

Cast

John Benfield

Peter Butcher

Robert Daws

Cannon John Jeffrey

Barbara Flynn

Eileen Dallaglio

John Salthouse

John Perks

Heather Tobias

Marie Perks

Sophia Di Martino

Erika Spotswood

Ellen Thomas

Linda Hunt

Charley Speed

Stephen Perks

Daniel Casey

Douglas Henderson

Liam Noble

Terence Blayney

Orlando Wells

Ian Philpott

Orlando Wells

Iain Philpott

Maureen Bennett

Jackie James

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