Episode #1.1 

Hugh,the earl of Manton,and his snobbish wife Louisa set sail on the 'Titanic' for New York,where Hugh has business. Their daughter Georgiana, a fervent suffragette just released from jail,... See full summary »

Director:

Jon Jones

Writer:

Julian Fellowes

Stars:

Peter McDonald, Ruth Bradley, Georgia McCutcheon

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter McDonald	...	Jim Maloney
Ruth Bradley	...	Mary Maloney
Georgia McCutcheon	...	Theresa Maloney
Steven Waddington	...	Second Officer Lightoller
Glen Blackhall	...	Paolo Sandrini
Antonio Magro	...	Mario Sandrini
Michele Moran	...	Prostitute
Perdita Weeks	...	Lady Georgiana Grex
Linus Roache	...	Hugh, Earl of Manton
Tim Downie	...	Police Officer
James Wilby	...	Bruce Ismay
Stephen Campbell Moore	...	Thomas Andrews
Lyndsey Marshal	...	Mabel Watson
Lee Ross	...	Barnes
Geraldine Somerville	...	Louisa, Countess of Manton

Storyline

Hugh,the earl of Manton,and his snobbish wife Louisa set sail on the 'Titanic' for New York,where Hugh has business. Their daughter Georgiana, a fervent suffragette just released from jail,accompanies them. On the train to Southampton the trio meet Hugh's lawyer Irishman John Batley and his vocal wife Muriel,who despises her husband's subservience to the aristocracy,as well as the aristocracy itself, and a tea party on board the 'Titanic'ends in an argument between the two wives. Barnes,the earl's valet,and Mabel Watson,Louisa's maid,are served dinner with the servants of other first class passengers by stewardess Annie Desmond and Barnes upsets Mabel by tearing a book of Aesop's fables given her by her father when she was a child. Georgiana befriends Harry Widener,scion of a wealthy Philadelphia family, and the two witness the over-protective attitude to her baby charge by Alice Cleaver,nanny to the Allison family.Louisa's aloofness extends to condemning film actress Dorothy Gibson ...

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Plot Keywords:

suffragette | book | mistress | servant | train | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

UK USA Hungary

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stern Film Studio, Pomáz, Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lookout Point Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Early on, a train is shown being drawn by a steam locomotive. Whilst the motive power is fine, the train is actually comprised of 1950s British Railways Mark 1 coaches.

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Soundtracks

Autumn Dream
(uncredited)
By Archibald Joyce

User Reviews

Jenna-Louise Coleman steals the so far poor show

Greetings from Lithuania.

I love 1997 "Titanic", i thing it's an amazing movie. I'm a Titanic buff, i've read a lot of stuff about this ship, the tragedy and so on. I watched the first episode with an open mind. And i'm disappointed. It's clear that creators didn't have a lot of money of creating it, and you can feel that. Good actor Toby Jones had only a couple of minutes, and he clearly didn't new what to do in this show. BUT there is one surprisingly good performance in this show so far, and it's Jenna-Louise Coleman. She was totally unknown for me so far, but she did the best job in the first episode. Sadly, she only appeared for couple of minutes and but i will looking forward to see her in the next episodes. What a beautiful and talented actress!

Overall, the first episode wasn't anything special, but, it's quite nice stuff for what it is.