Murder on the high seas; Paddy Shennan previews tomorrow night's BBC1 drama focusing on the Lusitania - the ill-fated Liverpool liner which was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915.(News)

From: Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 26, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Paddy Shennan

IT'S the heartbreaking story of a Liverpool-based liner which has been told many times before.

Yet the true scale of the terrible tragedy which befell the Lusitania still doesn't seem to have been fully appreciated.

This might all change tomorrow night.

For millions of viewers are expected to watch BBCl's 90-minute drama Lusitania: Murder On The Atlantic, narrated by and starring John Hannah, who plays a survivor, Professor Holborn, and also featuring Kenneth Cranham, who takes the role of the ship's Liverpool-born captain, William Turner. ...

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