Titanic: The Mission — Season 1, Episode 1: Building The Hull
Reality • 60 min • 1 season, 5 episodes
Episode synopsis
New series. The team reproduce a 30-foot section of the steel bow to scale, and erect it at the Belfast dock from where Titanic was launched, as a gift to the people of Belfast and a lasting tribute to the shipbuilders who made her. They find out about the working culture of 100 years ago, when men were paid per rivet, and not for their time, and the incredible dangers of shipbuilding before our age of health and safety.
About Titanic: The Mission
Four modern day engineers attempt to rebuild sections of the Titanic, using the tools and techniques of the early twentieth century.