Titanic 100th Anniversary

[expressmoria]

For those interested in the Titanic the following TV programs maybe of interest:

National Geographic Channel Canada

Monday, 9 April 8pm-10pm
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
James Camerons epic 1997 film Titanic won 11 Oscars and grossed well over a billion dollars worldwide. Now, on an empty sound stage, in the shadow of a massive 42-foot replica of the Titanic and other props from the blockbuster film, Cameron brings together some the worlds leading Titanic experts, including engineers, naval architects, artists and historians, to solve the lingering mysteries of why and how the unsinkable ship sank.

Monday, 9 April 10pm-11pm
Save the Titanic with Bob Ballard
Ballard travels to the shipyards of Northern Ireland to meet with descendants of Titanics Guarantee Group nine men who helped build the magnificent ship with their own hands and were selected to sail on her maiden voyage. Throughout his journey, Ballard is driven by one personal question will the Titanic survive another 100 years?


PBS

Tuesday, 10 April 8pm-9pm
The Titanic With Len Goodman
The legacy of the Titanic is explored by "Dancing With the Stars" judge Len Goodman, who once worked as an apprentice welder for the company that built the ship. He visits Belfast, where it was built, and Southampton, England, home to many of the dead, and meets with descendants of the passengers and crew.

Tuesday, 10 April 9pm-10pm
Saving the Titanic
A dramatic portrayal of the Titanic's final hours from the perspective of the ship's engineers, who toiled beneath deck to keep the ship's power systems running even after they learned all was lost.


Discovery Channel Canada

Sunday, 8 April 10am-12pm
Titanic, The Aftermath
The docudrama reveals how a Canadian team, charged with recovering Titanic's lost passengers, had to invent a whole new forensics system to identify the dead. Led by Halifax public servant John Henry Barnstead, the team inspired a breakthrough in forensic methodology - a procedure still used in mass disasters today. The experiences of Barnstead, the recovery team and other characters are re-created in exceptional detail in this two-hour special.

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The CBC will also be airing a 2hr show on the Titanic. Thursday, April 5th @ 8pm. It is part of their Doc Zone series.

[Fry1989]

I've been a HUGE Titanic buff since early childhood. There was one book I used to get from the library almost once every 2 months. Made models, drawings, watching Cameron's movie probably 200 times.

I was actually surprised at how little programming about the Titanic has aired so far, considering it's the 100th anniversary.

[NB Josh]

Global has been airing a new four-hour miniseries on Wednesdays at 10pm ET. ABC is also showing it sometime this month I think.

[smegger2000]

There is also "Nazi Titanic" on Histroy TV, a documentary about the 1943 German wartime film commissioned by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels that portrays the sinking of the Titanic. It is on April 15th.

[Michael R.]

I thought this was a well done documentary, although it was a bit on the slow side. Although I read a fair amount about the Titanic (there is an interesting book about the public inquiry), I had forgotten how few bodies were brought back.