To mark the 100th anniversary of the maritime disaster on 15 April 1912, "Titanic" portrays the sheer contrasts of the then society, recounting the ill-fated passengers' stories through different points of view. The miniseries focuses on the intersecting narratives of travellers from every social level: it depicts the fate of the aristocratic Mantons, the Irish Batleys, the ship's designers, the crew, and the steerage passengers of the luxurious but doomed passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic.
In this first episode of the series, the focus is on the first-class passenge...