The Sinking of the Laconia Episode #1.1 (2010– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Episode #1.1
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Drama / History
- Year :
- 2010–
- Directror :
- Uwe Janson
- Cast :
- Andrew Buchan,Brian Cox,Ken Duken
- Writer :
- Alan Bleasdale
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h 26min
- Rating :
- 6.9/10
Part One:- In 1942, the Laconia, an old British cruise liner turned troop ship, is returning to Liverpool from Egypt with civilian passengers and Italian prisoners. Its guns are outdated, its captain, Sharp, lost his last ship and the Italians, unhappy at being caged below the water line, are tormented by their Polish guards. Third officer Mortimer learns that his family have been killed in an air raid and seeks comfort with Hilda Smith, a mysterious widow who seems to have visited Germany recently. At that moment the ship is torpedoed by a German U-boat, whose humane captain, Kapitanleutnant Werner Hartenstein, learning that the Laconia was not a warship, decides to rescue the survivors, bringing some into the submarine and towing others in life-boats.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Andrew Buchan | - | Thomas Mortimer |
 | Brian Cox | - | Captain Sharp |
 | Ken Duken | - | Werner Hartenstein |
 | Lindsay Duncan | - | Elisabeth Fullwood |
 | Thomas Kretschmann | - | Admiral Dönitz |
 | Franka Potente | - | Hilda |
 | Morven Christie | - | Laura Ferguson |
 | Jodi Balfour | - | Sarah Fullwood |
 | Nicholas Burns | - | Captain Coutts |
 | Ciarán McMenamin | - | Declan McDermott |
 | Lenny Wood | - | Billy Hardacre |
 | Ben Crompton | - | Harry Townes |
| Matthew Aubrey | - | William Williams |
| David Butler | - | George Steel |
| Ludovico Fremont | - | Vincenzo Di Giovanni |