Marchioness disaster-police investigation

Title

Marchioness disaster-police investigation

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:03

Description

Julie Sedgwick reports on police investigations into the cause of the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Includes interviews with Transport Secretary, Cecil Parkinson; David Jeffery, Port of London Authority; Charlie Faldo, father of Marchioness skipper, Stephen Faldo. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Cecil Parkinson; Julie Sedgwick; David Jeffery; Charlie Faldo

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Criminal investigation; Billboard (radio programme); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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