Captive's friend: 'He'll be itching to have a go back'

The owners of a Saudi Arabian oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign minister has said.

Two of the captive crew on the Sirius Star are British. One of them, Peter French, is the chief engineer on board the vessel.

His former colleague, sea captain Mark Dolan, told the BBC how his friend would be coping with the experience.