In 1912, 1,316 passengers, from poor emigrants looking for new life in America to some of the world's wealthiest people, boarded the RMS Titanic for her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. Events unfold through the points of view of those aboard, from first class to steerage, as the early jubilant mood turns dark and the passengers are shaken from their private worlds of secrets, love and resentment. The individual stories come together in a playing field levelled by disaster as everyone struggles to survive, leaving the lives of those involved forever changed.
Episodes
The Earl of Manton and his family secure passage on the Titanic under a cloud of scandal surrounding his daughter, Georgiana. Meanwhile, there's tension between the English and American staff and crew man Jim Maloney attempts to smuggle his wife and children on board...
On board, Jim Maloney meets a mysterious steerage passenger who unsettles his wife. In second class, Muriel Batley resents the subservient attitude of her lawyer husband.
The iceberg strikes, and fear builds up in steerage as passengers find themselves behind locked gates. Peter Lubov tries to help Mary and her children get to the lifeboats.
Panic takes hold as the Titanic goes through her terrible death throes. The next few hours will decide who lives and who dies.
