The Marchioness Disaster
2008A 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The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission.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.
Acted in
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