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4 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Sat, Apr 14, 201247 mins
Hugh, the Earl of Manton, and his snobbish wife Louisa set sail on the Titanic for New York, where Hugh has business. Their daughter Georgiana, a fervent suffragette just released from prison, accompanies them. On the train to Southampton, the trio meet Hugh's lawyer Irishman John Batley and his vocal wife Muriel, who despises her husband's subservience to the aristocracy, as well as the aristocracy itself, and a tea party on board the Titanic ends in an argument between the two wives. Barnes, the Earl's valet, and Mabel Watson, Louisa's maid, are served dinner with the servants of other first-class passengers by stewardess Annie Desmond and Barnes upsets Mabel by tearing a book of Aesop's Fables given her by her father when she was a child. Georgiana befriends Harry Widener, scion of a wealthy Philadelphia family, and the two witness the over-protective attitude to her baby charge by Alice Cleaver, nanny to the Allison family. Louisa's aloofness extends to condemning film actress Dorothy Gibson and Madame Aubart, mistress of married millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim as well as insulting Grace and Joseph Rushton, a couple who have made their wealth through trade. When the ship hits an iceberg and Louisa declares herself lucky to have rescued her jewels, Muriel launches a verbal attack on her and her patronising ways. However, Hugh is more concerned that Second Officer Lightoller is lowering lifeboats which are not full because he is filling them with women and children only whilst Alice leaves the Allisons and their little girl to get in a boat with the baby. Harry succeeds in putting Georgiana in a lifeboat but Louisa refuses to leave her husband and save herself.
Episode 2
Sat, Apr 14, 201248 mins
Jim Maloney is in charge of completing the electrics on the Titanic. He is actually an engineer but being a Catholic in West Belfast, working as an installer is the best job he can get. The work is falling behind schedule and he is offered free passage on the ship's maiden voyage, in steerage, for himself and his family if he can get the work completed on time. He accepts but finds a way to get a cabin in second-class. John and Muriel Batley row after their tea with Lord and Lady Manton. After striking the iceberg, they reconcile and decide that their lives are worth fighting for. Jim is able to get his family onto one of the boats.
Episode 3
Sat, Apr 14, 201248 mins
Second-class passenger Peter Lubov is an anarchist and a wanted man. Theresa Maloney is instantly attracted to him and they kiss, only to be caught by her husband Jim. Paolo got his position on board as a steward courtesy of his brother Mario who got one of the regular employees drunk. He has a dream of living in America where everyone has the opportunity to improve himself. He and Annie become close. Mabel Watson admits to having taken a brooch from her mistress' jewel case. After the Titanic hits the iceberg, Lubov and Jim put their differences aside to ensure that Theresa and the children get safely aboard one of the boats. When Mario tries to intervene and open the doors for second-class passengers, he finds himself locked away.
Episode 4
Sun, Apr 15, 201248 mins
After the RMS Titanic strikes the iceberg. passengers and crew face a life-or-death situation. Paolo desperately tries to save his brother who has been locked in a cupboard with the Italian stewards. Mabel Watson is locked in a stateroom while she is desperately looking for her book. Jim Maloney finds himself having to rescue one of his children. John and Muriel Batley cling to life on wreckage after the ship goes down as do many of the other passengers. Only one of the lifeboats returns to rescue those in the water. For the most part, they are too late. Most of the passengers will die, though a few will survive, some by their bravery and some others through deceit.