The Marchioness Disaster

Top 10 Billed 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

Charley Speed
Charley Speed

Stephen Perks

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    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The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission.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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    2008-11-01

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    5.5

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