September 1942. RMS Laconia burns off the coast of West Africa. Among her 2,700 passengers are Allied troops, civilians, and over 1,800 Italian prisoners of war. The German U-156 surfaces, not to ...

Alan Bleasdale, author of TV series GBH, has penned a two-part drama for BBC2 about the sinking of RMS Laconia in September 1942. Made by Talkback Thames and German producer Teamworx, Laconia is based ...

This 2010 European docudrama miniseries tells the true story of a controversial incident in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. In September 1942, A German submarine torpedoed and sank an aging ...

A MERSEYSIDE grandad relived the moment his ship was torpedoed as a new drama by Alan Bleasdale shone fresh light on the incident. Ted Johnson, 87, was serving on the converted Cunard Liner RMS ...

This two-part drama is a rather creaky re-telling of one of the more notorious incidents of WWII when The RMS Laconia was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat. Alan Bleasdale’s script tells of the ...

As was noted with interest by more than one Hong Kong newspaper, the RMS Laconia was the first ship to sail completely around the world, “purely for the purposes of pleasure”. Owned by Britain’s ...

BBC Two lines up a major two-part drama based on the Second World War sinking of the RMS Laconia. Acclaimed writer Alan Bleasdale has penned a drama for BBC Two based on the tragic sinking of the RMS ...

Andrew Buchan (Party Animals, The Fixer) and rising German star Ken Duken (Inglorious Basterds, Bavarian TV Award winner for Willkommen Zuhause) are joined by Brian Cox (Manhunter, The Bourne ...