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Horizon: The Gargantuan Triumph of Science

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The story of The Tay Bridge

On 28 December 1879 a train with 75 passengers plunged from the Tay Bridge into the river below. One thousand yards of the central section had collapsed. There was an immediate enquiry and the original transcripts provide the source for this dramatisation.

"One of those historical documentaries that the BBC does supremely well" (Daily Telegraph)

Contributors

Narrator:
Alec McCowen
Editor:
Peter Goodchild
Producer:
Brian Lewis
Sir Thomas Bouch:
Laurence Hardy
Mr Trayner, Counsel for the Board of Trade:
John Carlisle
Mr Bidder, Counsel for Sir Thomas Bouch:
John Phillips
Mr Rothery, Commissioner of Wrecks:
Howard Lang
Witness:
Carl Duering
Witness:
Peter Madden
Witness:
John Carlin
Witness:
Archie Duncan
Witness:
Lawrence Douglas
Witness:
David Morrell
Witness:
Duncan McIntyre
Witness:
Phillip Ray
Source: Radio Times

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