What is Titanic: Our Secret Histories?

Titanic: Our Secret Histories is a new documentary telling the stories of the passengers and crew who perished and survived in the 1912 sinking of the Titanic.

When is Titanic: Our Secret Histories on TV?

Titanic: Our Secret Histories will air on Channel 4 on Saturday 18 May 2025 from 8pm to 9pm.

What is Titanic: Our Secret Histories about?

On 15 April 1912 RMS Titanic, a British ocean liner thought to be ‘unsinkable’, sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage. Of the estimated 2224 people aboard 1496 died, with higher casualty rates among the poorer third class and second class passengers.

Titanic: Our Secret Histories will tell the story of all those on board the Titanic, particularly the third class and international passengers and crew. It will include interviews with their living descendants.

According to Channel 4: “The film follows contributors from North America and the UK who will work with the experts to delve through personal and official records to help shape the secrets and inspiring narratives of their descendants that have been lost for decades. The film reveals some shocking details about what happened on that fateful night, and when the contributors come together at the end of the film, we realise some disturbing details of the disaster have been hidden in plain sight for over 100 years.”

Who are the experts on Titanic: Our Secret Histories?

The experts on Titanic: Our Secret Histories are Nick Barratt, a former genealogy expert on Who Do You Think You Are? and author of Lost Voices from the Titanic: The Definitive Oral History and Leila Salloum Elias, author of The Dream and Then the Nightmare: The Syrians Who Boarded the Titanic, the Story of the Arabic-Speaking Passengers.