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film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission.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

5.5

95 min

Cast

John Benfield

as Peter Butcher

Robert Daws

as Cannon John Jeffrey

Alex McGettigan

as Lawrence Dallaglio

Peter Lorenzelli

as Vincent Dallaglio

Barbara Flynn

as Eileen Dallaglio

John Salthouse

as John Perks

Heather Tobias

as Marie Perks

Sophia Di Martino

as Erika Spotswood

Ellen Thomas

as Linda Hunt

Charley Speed

as Stephen Perks

Amy Perfect

as Frances Dallaglio

James Roache

as Matthew Thompson

Daniel Casey

as Douglas Henderson

Liam Noble

as Terence Blayney

Orlando Wells

as Ian Philpott

Orlando Wells

as Iain Philpott

Sarah Quintrell

as Tamsin Cole

Maureen Bennett

as Jackie James

Harry Miller

as Barman

Huggy Leaver

as Eddy Quantrill

Caroline Wildi

as Maddie Anderton

Sarah Byng

as Romola Pocock

Lisa Jackson

as Odette Penwarden

Bennet Thorpe

as Marchioness Passenger #3

Director

Ken Horn