Titanic

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If only...The Saga Of H.M.S. Titanic resonates with "if only... "If only the designers, builders and owners hadn't bought into the ultimately fatal myth of her being unsinkable... If only the chairman of the White Star Line hadn't decided, in a fit of corporate hubris, to try to chop a day off the Trans-Atlantic crossing record by ordering the Titanic's speed increased to a dangerous 22-plus knots, even though icebergs were a well known menace... If only the Titanic had been adequately supplied with lifeboats. There were, in fact, places for only 1,200 people, although 2,228 passengers and crew were aboard the glittering pleasure palace for her maiden - and final - voyage. What makes the Titanic saga so compelling, of course, are the private stories of those who embarked on the fateful crossing, many of whom we meet in this gripping mini-series. In the end, the facts are simple - and grim. The Titanic struck the Iceberg at 11:39 the night of April 14, 1912. At 2:40 a.m., three hours and one minute later, the Titanic literally broke in half and slid under the surface of the Atlantic. Survivors reported a long, stunned silence following the sinking. Seven hundred and five people were rescued, many of them plucked barely alive from the almost calm sea, which was a frigid 28 degrees. Fifteen hundred and twenty three people perished. Most of the bodies were never recovered. To this day, it is a tragedy that grips the imagination.

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