Young Roscommon actor to feature in Titanic docu-drama tonight
Rhys Mannion is playing Jack Thayer in the BBC docu-drama 'Titanic Sinks Tonight'
A Young Roscommon actor will feature in a BBC docu-drama on the Titanic tonight, Sunday, December 28th.
Kiltoom man Rhys Mannion will play Jack Thayer in ‘Titanic Sinks Tonight’, beginning on BBC 2 tonight Sunday, December 28th at 9 p.m..
A 17-year -ld 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.
