PBS - Titantic 100th year Anniversary special

[aceplace57]

Titanic with Len Goodman premieres on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Yeah I’m five days late. I just found out about it.

It’s available to watch on the PBS site for free. They did a really good job on this documentary.
http://www.pbs.org/programs/titanic-len-goodman/

In this one hour special, Len Goodman, head dance judge from “Dancing with the Stars,” discovers how the impact of the 1912 Titanic disaster is still felt a century after the ship’s sinking. Len has his own connection to the Titanic: Before he was a dancer, Len was a welder for Harland and Wolff, the company that built the luxury liner in Belfast, Northern Ireland, from 1909 to 1912. Len worked for them 50 years later, at their yard in London, England.

[johnpost]

i think this show has three one hour episodes.

[AuntiePam]

I wondered where I’d seen that guy before!

Our cable company carries three PBS stations, and they’re always repeating shows at different times of day. I caught an hour of this, so maybe I’ll be able to catch the rest later.

It left me thinking about the passengers and crew who didn’t rush to the lifeboats. Like the radio operator, and the men in the engine rooms. I don’t know if I could be that calm and stoic in the face of death. On the other hand, what are ya gonna do?

[Eve]

Previous thread on this special: At last! A good Titanic special on TV! - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board