Peter Wight
as Joseph Rushton
Director: Jon Jones
Writers: Julian Fellowes
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.
Peter Wight
as Joseph Rushton
Brian McCardie
as First Officer Murdoch
David Calder
as Captain Smith
Geraldine Somerville
as Louisa, Countess of Manton
Jenna Coleman
as Annie Desmond
Maria Doyle Kennedy
as Muriel Batley
Noah Reid
as Harry Widener
Perdita Weeks
as Lady Georgiana Grex
Ruth Bradley
as Mary Maloney
Stephen Campbell Moore
as Thomas Andrews
Steven Waddington
as Second Officer Lightoller
Will Keen
as Chief Officer Wilde
Timothy West
as Lord Pirrie
Celia Imrie
as Grace Rushton
Toby Jones
as John Batley
Linus Roache
as Hugh, Earl of Manton
Peter McDonald
as Jim Maloney
Glen Blackhall
as Paolo Sandrini
Georgia McCutcheon
as Theresa Maloney
Antonio Magro
as Mario Sandrini
Miles Richardson
as John Jacob Astor
James Wilby
as Bruce Ismay
Sylvestra Le Touzel
as Lady Duff Gordon
Lee Ross
as Barnes
Ralph Ineson
as Steward Hart
Lyndsey Marshal
as Mabel Watson
Mark Lewis Jones
as David Evans
Sophie Rundle
as Roberta Maioni
Richard Sutton
as Second Officer Blair
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.