Titanic is a television costume drama

Costume drama

A costume drama or period drama is a period piece in which elaborate costumes, sets and properties are featured in order to capture the ambiance of a particular era.The term is usually used in the context of film and television...

 based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is one of two large budget television dramas set to be released in April 2012, the centenary of the disaster. The other is Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel

Titanic: Blood and Steel is a forthcoming 12 part BBC television costume drama series about the construction and sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is one of two large budget television dramas due to be aired in April 2012, the centenary of the disaster; the other is Titanic....

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Overview

The four-part television series will focus on four separate, yet intertwined, narratives, building to a dramatic climax. The first three episodes will follow a variety of different characters told from each point of view that will culminate to a cliff-hanger as the ship begins to founder. The fourth and final episode will draw all the characters' stories together in an explosive conclusion, showing who survived and who does not.

Cast

It was first announced that 'Titanic' will have 89 main characters in the new upcoming series. Only a few have been listed.




Episode #1


Air Date: April 12th 2012


Run Time: 90 Minutes (excluding commercial breaks)

Actor	Role
Thomas Aldridge	Steward Taylor
Sally Bankes	Mrs. Gibson
Ben Bishop	Stoker Lyons
Glen Blackhall	Paolo Sandrini
Ruth Bradley	Mary Maloney
Dragos Bucur	Peter Lubov
David Calder	Captain Smith
Stephen Campbell Moore	Thomas Andrews
Jenna-Louise Coleman	Annie Desmond
Pandora Colin	Countess of Rothes
Olivia Darnley	Bessie Allison
Joséphine de La Baume	Madame Aubart
Tim Downie	Policeman
David Eisner	Benjamin Guggenheim
Laurie Hagen	Emma Sagesser
Ryan Hawley	Jack Thayer
Celia Imrie	Grace Rushton
Toby Jones	John Batley
Linda Kash	Molly Brown
Christine Kavanagh	Mrs. Thayer
Will Keen	Chief Officer Wilde
Brian McCardie	First Officer Murdoch
Maria Doyle Kennedy	Muriel Batley
Diana Kent	Eleanor Widener
Antonio Magro	Mario Sandrini
Lyndsey Marshal	Watson
Joseph May	Giglio
Georgia McCutcheon	Theresa Maloney
Peter McDonald	Jim Maloney
Noah Reid	Harry Widener
Miles Richardson	John Jacob Astor
Linus Roache	Hugh, Earl of Manton
Lee Ross	Barnes
Sophie Rundle	Roberta Maioni
Geraldine Somerville	Louisa, Countess of Manton
Izabella Urbanowicz	Alice Cleaver
Steven Waddington	Second Officer Lightoller
Perdita Weeks	Georgiana Grex
Peter Wight	Joseph Rushton
James Wilby	J. Bruce Ismay
Sophie Winkleman	Dorothy Gibson

Episode #2


Air Date: April 13th 2012


Run Time: 60 Minutes (excluding commercial breaks)

Actor	Role
Ben Bishop	Stoker Lyons
Glen Blackhall	Paolo Sandrini
Sophie Winkleman	Dorothy Gibson
James Wilby	J. Bruce Ismay
Peter Wight	Joseph Rushton
Timothy West	Lord Pirrie
Gerdaldine Somerville	Louisa, Countess of Manton
Steven Waddington	Second Officer Lightoller
Perdita Weeks	Georgiana Grex
Lee Ross	Barnes
Linus Roache	Hugh, Earl of Manton
Noah Reid	Harry Widener
Simon Paisley Day	Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon
Michele Moran	Prostitute
Peter McDonald	Jim Maloney
Georgia McCutcheon	Theresa Maloney
Brian McCardie	First Officer Murdoch
Lyndsey Marshal	Watson
Antonio Magro	Mario Sandrini
Sylvestra Le Touzel	Lady Duff Gordon
Diana Kent	Eleanor Widener
Maria Doyle Kennedy	Muriel Batley
Grainne Keenan	Laura Francatelli
Will Keen	Chief Officer Wilde
Toby Jones	John Batley
Ruth Bradley	Mary Maloney
Dragos Bucur	Peter Lubov
David Calder	Captain Smith
Stephen Campbell Moore	Thomas Andrews
Jenna-Louise Coleman	Annie Desmond
Celia Imrie	Grace Rushton
Ralph Ineson	Steward Hart
Mark Lewis Jones	David Evans

Episode #3


Air Date: April 14th 2012


Run Time: 60 Minutes (excluding commercial breaks)

Actor	Role
Ben Bishop	Stoker Lyons
Glen Blackhall	Paolo Sandrini
Ruth Bradley	Mary Maloney
Dragos Bucur	Peter Lubov
David Calder	Captain Smith
Jenna-Louise Coleman	Annie Desmond
Colm Gormley	Churchill
Jonathan Howard	Sixth Officer James Moody
Ralph Ineson	Steward Hart
Mark Lewis Jones	David Evans
Toby Jones	John Batley
John Kazek	Steward Turnbull
Will Keen	Chief Officer Wilde
Maria Doyle Kennedy	Muriel Batley
Diana Kent	Eleanor Widener
Antonio Magro	Mario Sandrini
Lyndsey Marshal	Watson
Brian McCardie	First officer Murdoch
Georgia McCutcheon	Theresa Maloney
Peter McDonald	Jim Maloney
Noah Reid	Harry Widener
Linus Roache	Hugh, Earl of Manton
Lee Ross	Barnes
Geraldine Somerville	Louisa, Countess of Manton
Steven Waddington	Second Officer Lightoller
Perdita Weeks	Georgiana Grex
James Wilby	J. Bruce Ismay
Sophie Winkleman	Dorothy Gibson

Episode #4


Air Date: April 15th 2012


Run Time: 90 Minutes (excluding commercial breaks)

Actor	Role
Thomas Aldridge	Steward Taylor
Tom Andrews	Seaman Hawkins
Ross Armstrong	Seaman Penton
Shane Attwooll	Billy Blake
Sally Bankes	Mrs. Gibson
Cian Barry	Fourth Officer Boxhall
Ben Bishop	Stoker Lyons
Glen Blackhall	Paolo Sandrini
Ruth Bradley	Mary Maloney
Paul Bridle	Crewman Strickland
Dragos Bucur	Peter Lubov
David Calder	Captain Smith
Stephen Campbell Moore	Thomas Andrews
Jenna-Louise Coleman	Annie Desmond
Pandora Colin	Countess of Rothes
Olivia Darnley	Bessie Allison
Joséphine de La Baume	Madame Aubart
David Eisner	Benjamin Guggenheim
Laurie Hagen	Emma Sagesser
Ryan Hawley	Jack Thayer
Jonathan Howard	Officer James Moody
Lloyd Hutchinson	Chief Steward Lattimer
Celia Imrie	Grace Rushton
Ralph Ineson	Steward Hart
Toby Jones	John Batley
Linda Kash	Molly Brown
Christine Kavanagh	Mrs. Thayer
John Kazek	Steward Turnbull
Will Keen	Chief Officer Wilde
Grainne Keenan	Laura Francatelli
Maria Doyle Kennedy	Muriel Batley
Diana Kent	Eleanor Widener
Sylvestra Le Touzel	Lady Duff Gordon
Dave Legeno	Seaman Davis
Antonio Magro	Mario Sandrini
Lyndsey Marshal	Watson
Joseph May	Giglio
Brian McCardie	First Officer Murdoch
Georgia McCutcheon	Theresa Maloney
Peter McDonald	Jim Maloney
Iain McKee	Seaman Scott
Ifan Meredith	Fifth Officer Lowe
Luke Norris	Seaman Holmes
Simon Paisley Day	Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon
Noah Reid	Harry Widener
Miles Richardson	John Jacob Astor
Linus Roache	Hugh, Earl of Manton
Lee Ross	Barnes
Sophie Rundle	Roberta Maioni
Geraldine Somerville	Louisa, Countess of Manton
Izabella Urbanowicz	Alice Cleaver
Steven Waddington	Second Officer Lightoller
Perdita Weeks	Georgiana Grex
Peter Wight	Joseph Rushton
James Wilby	J. Bruce Ismay
Sophie Winkleman	Dorothy Gibson

Production

A 2-tier set was constructed for the series. This contained a representation of 60 metres of the ship's promenade deck

Promenade deck

The promenade deck is a deck found on several types of passenger ships and riverboats. It usually extends from bow to stern, on both ddd,çsides, and includes areas open to the outside, resulting in a continuous outside walkway suitable for promenading, thus the name.On older passenger ships, the...

 and 50 metres of boat deck. It also contained 75 metres of internal corridors and rooms such as the ship's bridge, pursers' offices, staterooms for the different classes, dining rooms and boiler rooms.

It also used the largest indoor water tank in Europe, built in Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. The 900 square metre tank contained an immersible section representing part of the ship's interior and decks.

Broadcast

The series, which has been dubbed as the 'television event of 2012', has been sold to 57 international countries and is set to broadcast around the world at the same time. The series will be broadcast to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Broadcast networks

Network	Country
ITV ITV ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
ABC American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
Global Global Television Network Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
Channel Seven Seven Network The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
TF1 TF1 TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
TV3
TVNZ
SIC SIC Sic is a Latin word that means "thus" or, in writing, "it was thus in the source material".Sic may also refer to:* Sic, Cluj, a commune in Romania* SiC, Silicon carbide, a semiconducting material, also used to make metalworking tools from...
SVT