Titanic sinks tonight - BBC
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anonymoususer

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73 months

Sunday 28th December 2025
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Bit of an odd one this.
Actors playing the parts of real people and being "interviewed"
It's in 4 parts with at least part 1 on BBC i player and live on BBC 2.
So far I have realised that there were some non whites going abroad on it. That peoples perceptions and memories can differ one from the next.
There is one particularly exciteable curly haired woman talking head keeps popping up with her observations.
Suzannah Lipscomb is in it and adds some intellect to it.


Warhavernet

1,046 posts

12 months

Sunday 28th December 2025
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As an event that has had video games and musicals in its honour this docu-drama will have to go some to bring something new, sexy, even interesting, to the Titanic universe.

Being the BBC it's very important that non-white people are sewn into the fabric of every historical event irrespective of their actual relevance, and the miniscule part that their presence played in the narrative.

cuprabob

18,505 posts

239 months

Sunday 28th December 2025
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All 4 episodes are on iPlayer.

I watched the first but I'm not sure I'll watch the rest. It didn't really work for me.

Edited by cuprabob on Sunday 28th December 23:19

anonymoususer

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73 months

Sunday 28th December 2025
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It's the sort of thing that Channel 5 would do. Probably over a single or maybe 2 one hour programmes.
I think they actually did something similar a year or two ago.

wolfracesonic

8,977 posts

152 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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Warhavernet said:


Being the BBC it's very important that non-white people are sewn into the fabric of every historical event irrespective of their actual relevance, and the miniscule part that their presence played in the narrative.
I bet the iceberg was white as well! I don’t think I’ll be watching it.

WPA

14,041 posts

139 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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cuprabob said:
All 4 episodes are on iPlayer.

I watched the first but I'm not sure I'll watch the rest. It didn't really work for me.

Edited by cuprabob on Sunday 28th December 23:19
Same, did not really work for me

page3

5,154 posts

276 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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I thought it was ok, but not exceptional.

The problem is that Mike Brady (of Oceanliner Designs) has done far, far better on YouTube. His content is exceptional.

wolfracesonic

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152 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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page3 said:
I thought it was ok, but not exceptional.

The problem is that Mike Brady (of Oceanliner Designs) has done far, far better on YouTube. His content is exceptional.
+1 Did you go for a Christmas tour around the Bismarck?

fooman

1,090 posts

89 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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Seems to rate well but not sure if I want to watch yet another Titanic based program.

hurstg01

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268 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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If there is a different ending to the original story, it may be worth a watch

Was there?

no

I'm out.............

FourWheelDrift

91,985 posts

309 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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It's not how I remember it.


Alickadoo

3,380 posts

48 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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anonymoususer said:
Bit of an odd one this.
Actors playing the parts of real people and being "interviewed"
It's in 4 parts with at least part 1 on BBC i player and live on BBC 2.
So far I have realised that there were some non whites going abroad on it. That peoples perceptions and memories can differ one from the next.
There is one particularly exciteable curly haired woman talking head keeps popping up with her observations.
Suzannah Lipscomb is in it and adds some intellect to it.
AI

There was only one known Black family on the Titanic: Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche, a Haitian-born engineer, his French wife Juliette, and their two young daughters, Simonne and Louise, travelling to Haiti. While the Laroche family represented the only Black passengers, some Asian passengers and crew, along with a few individuals from other diverse backgrounds (like an Egyptian man and an Australian crew member), were also on board, though statistics for all people of color are scarce.

PinkTornado

1,959 posts

87 months

Monday 29th December 2025
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With so many really poor Titanic documentaries made over the years I was sceptical about this and thought it would be like yet another one of those Channel 4 or 5 efforts, but despite spotting a few simple errors in the first episode, I stuck with it right through and actually found it quite moving in the end.

fooman

1,090 posts

89 months

Tuesday 30th December 2025
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It took a long time to build a picture (as Titanic didn't sink until ep4) but gave a good account of why the various people did what they did.

Castrol for a knave

7,293 posts

116 months

Tuesday 30th December 2025
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The Rest is History did a 5 part series on the Titanic.

A lot of accepted truths were overturned, especially the myth that Ismay insisted on it being run at top speed - like an Ineos Grenadier trying to race a Range Rover that was the Mauritania or Kaiser Wilhelm.


Howburn

5 posts

5 months

Friday 9th January
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I quite enjoyed it, but for me, Jeanette Winterson waving her arms around and facial contortions was very irritating.

Warhavernet

1,046 posts

12 months

Friday 9th January
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Not sure the interviewee talky head, then an expert talky head format worked, great for the equity card, but I'm a fan of the off screen narrator.
Excellent production values, but really nothing to see here for a Titanic devotee. I suspect it will sell well in foreign markets.

anonymoususer

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8,009 posts

73 months

Friday 9th January
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Howburn said:
I quite enjoyed it, but for me, Jeanette Winterson waving her arms around and facial contortions was very irritating.
Very excitable.