Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Title

Herald of Free Enterprise disaster

Genre

Documentary

TX Date

15 Apr 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:25:26

Description

Recording of Granada Television World in Action programme on aftermath of Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster, after she sank in the North Sea on 06/03/87; with evidence that the sinking of a ferry was predicted and could have been prevented. Includes interviews with Richard Davy(?); Andrew and Eleanor Parker, survivors; Ray Adams; Dr. Archibald Ferguson; Marshall Meek; Robert Heather; Jack Brown; Dieter Turnow(?). Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Andrew Parker; Eleanor Parker; Richard Davy(?); Ray Adams; Archibald Ferguson; Marshall Meek; Robert Heather; Jack Brown; Dieter Turnow(?)

Keywords

Shipwrecks; UK; Television programmes; Belgium; Ferries; Seaborne disasters; North Sea; Disasters (events); World in Action; Granada Television; Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster (1987); Zeebrugge; Townsend Thoresen

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