The Marchioness Disaster

I understand now why we're seeing it in New Zealand. (Any non-American programming is shown in New Zealand only when it's years old, and this qualifies) or in the end-of-year 'holiday' wasteland, when all the usual American/Australian cop dramas are on hiatus. An exception will be made though, for certain 'acceptable'themes/character types, in this case, it seems, gay ones. The sheer amount of reasonably new (in this case only 3 years old) British shows featuring sad, dead, tragic and awesome gay characters, amazes me. I am watching this show now while doing other things, and it seems pretty dreadful. How on earth is there even a remote chance of figuring out who is who and what's going on?

This docudrama was never shown in the UK due to complaints about its content from some of the victims families to the films producers in the UK, ITV. As such its still not been seen one year later, and may never reach the screens in the UK, even though it was a well made £2 million budget film...which is a big budget for a TV docudrama!! The film includes some very well made if perhaps not very tasteful, CGI scenes of the boat sinking which bear a remarkable resemblance to the famous Titanic movie scenes.

As far as I'm aware it was released in some foreign markets in DVD format, (Japan for example) so if anyone is interested you may be able to import it.

I can understand why this film never saw the light of day in the UK. I lost a friend on the Marchioness and this TV film was terribly made and therefore I think in very poor taste. If anybody wants to see a film that is sensationalist in its approach and also inaccurate in its account of the nights events that does not pay any particular attention to the people who lost their lives on board the boat or who survived the accident, then this IS the film for them. However if you wish to see a film that is tasteful, touching and informative then I suggest you try and see the UK Documentary "The Marchioness: A Survivor's Story". Here you will see just how tragic and painful this event was for all involved.