Roscommon man to star in Titanic drama
Rhys Mannion is playing Jack Thayer in the BBC docu-drama 'Titanic Sinks Tonight'
A Roscommon actor will feature in a BBC docu-drama on the Titanic later this month.
Kiltoom man Rhys Mannion will play Jack Thayer in ‘Titanic Sinks Tonight’, beginning on BBC 2 Sunday, December 28th at 9pm.
A 17 year old American, Jack was a first class passenger, sailing on Titanic with his family.
The only child of railroad magnate John Borland Thayer and socialite Marian Thayer, he lived a very sheltered life of wealth and privilege among the elites of Pennsylvania.
Jack and his parents were returning to America from holidaying in Europe and were travelling in first class cabins on D deck that cost £10,000 each.
This four-part series explores a vast archive of eyewitness testimony, documenting the sinking of Titanic through the experiences of the passengers and crew who were there.
The programme-makers have meticulously pieced together first-hand testimony. Gathered from letters, telegrams, newspaper interviews, radio interviews, memoirs and the US and UK public enquiries into the disaster, this testimony has then been recreated by a cast of actors who vividly portray what it was like to be on board the night Titanic sank.
The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, resulting in the tragic loss of more than 1,500 lives.
