ITV are set to bring back Titanic as an epic new TV drama.
Written by Jullian Fellows of Downton Abbey fame, the production is being made to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the disastrous sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
Quinn Taylor of ABC Network said: “The tragic tale of the Titanic has retained a powerful hold on people around the world for almost 100 years, and this new miniseries will offer a compelling take on this epic, tragic story."
Set to jump on board is a whole host of British talent, including BAFTA award winning producer Nigel Stafford Clark (Bleak House), actress Sophie Winkleman (Peep Show) and actor Stephen Campbell Moore (Ashes to Ashes).
The drama will feature both fictional and historical characters, from steerage to the upper classes, whose lives will interweave in mystery and romantic plot lines.
Viewers are warned not to expect a happy ending, after all this is the ill-fated story of the Titanic and death is an inevitable conclusion for some characters.
Filming for the four hour long episodes is set to begin in Hungary at the end of April.
What are your thoughts? Do we really need another dramatisation of Titanic? How might this one be any different? Can the romance ever live up to Leo and Kate's?
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