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The film was due to be broadcast by ITV in 2007 but complaints from some of the families of the victims led to it being withdrawn ahead of transmission.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.
Direction
Ken Horn's restraint lets horror breathe without exploitation.
Acting
Real Lawrence Dallaglio plays himself. Grief made physical.
Director
Ken Horn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Marchioness carried mostly young, wealthy partygoers—class politics shaped both the disaster response and the suppression of this film.
Some victims' families supported the ban; others fought to be heard. The film itself became another casualty of the same institutional silence it depicted.
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