LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster-Thatcher reaction

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:22

Description

Interview with UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, about the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). She hopes there may still be more survivors. 51 of the 130 passengers died. Male reporter not identified (poss. James Bays). Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; James Bays?

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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