Testimony from survivors at the American and British inquiries has been used to piece together the events of that night. Actors reenact the testimony to create a docudrama with Bill Paxton narrating. The main survivors whose story is told is: Jack Thayer, Fred Barrett, Bertha Mayne, Elizabeth Doddell, along with several others.
A few errors immediately stand out. One such is the narrator stating that the ship went under at 2:02 am. Of course, we all know the ship went under at 2:20.
These few factual errors aside, this docudrama is interesting for the fact that it was recreated using only the courtroom testimony. The action is even accompanied by the actors portraying their character's historical testimony.
This being the only episode of the television show curiosity that I've ever seen, can't compare it to other episodes for analysis of the programs quality. With that being said, I'm intrigued by this episode as to what the rest of the series is like.
In closing, I would recommend anyone interested in the ship to watch the documentary, and other than the misstatement of a few facts, it provides the general audience with the stories that have come from survivors testimony that was fresh at the time.
Rating: 8.5/10
Note: This could easily have received a 9 or even a 9.5 if it weren't for the few factual errors. It should have been run through quality control, but then again a lot of Titanic programs have at least one or two errors in them.
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