The Marchioness - A Survivor's Story

Starts Tuesday October 13th at 10.35 on BBC1

Jonathan Phang is a television presenter and renowned fashion agent who, for the last twenty years has lived with a terrible burden - he organised the party on the Marchioness, a Thames passenger boat which was hit and sunk by a massive sand dredger, the Bowbelle in 1989. The collision was likened to a bicycle being run over by a lorry and 51 of the 130 people on board lost their lives. It was the worst loss of life on the river for more than a century.

As the 20th anniversary approaches, Jonathan embarks on a journey to reconnect with other survivors, some of whom he hasn’t seen for two decades. In a series of moving and revelatory encounters, Jonathan tries to find out if others blame him, and whether it is possible to achieve closure on his unbearable feeling of guilt.

A film dedicated to all those affected by the Marchioness.