Titanic sinks tonight - BBC
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anonymoususer

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7,684 posts

68 months

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

590 posts

7 months

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

17,608 posts

234 months

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

Original Poster:

7,684 posts

68 months

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

8,660 posts

147 months

Yesterday (08:10)
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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

13,086 posts

134 months

Yesterday (08:32)
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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

5,128 posts

271 months

Yesterday (12:01)
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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

8,660 posts

147 months

Yesterday (12:52)
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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

595 posts

84 months

Yesterday (12:58)
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Seems to rate well but not sure if I want to watch yet another Titanic based program.

hurstg01

3,118 posts

263 months

Yesterday (13:13)
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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

91,562 posts

304 months

Yesterday (13:22)
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It's not how I remember it.


Alickadoo

3,154 posts

43 months

Yesterday (13:24)
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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

1,786 posts

82 months

Yesterday (17:25)
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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.