Episode 1

S1, E1: Hugh, Earl of Manton sets out on the maiden voyage of Titanic, the pride of the White Star Line, with his wife Louisa and reluctant daughter Georgiana - a suffragette who's recently been arrested in a demonstration.  Also on board in Second Class are Irish lawyer John Batley, who works for Hugh, and his wife Muriel.  The Mantons' servants Barnes and Watson have a brush with their American counterparts, whilst Georgiana is attracted, despite herself, to young American Harry Widener.  Life on board is comfortable for the wealthy British and American passengers in First Class, despite a disastrous tea party between the Mantons and the Batleys which highlights the tensions between Louisa and Muriel. But everything changes after the ship encounters an iceberg and realisation dawns that the unsinkable Titanic is going down.  Infuriated by Louisa's air of effortless superiority, Muriel launches a violent verbal attack on her, and hints at a dark secret in Hugh’s past.  Chaos and panic grow on deck, as Officer Lightoller insists on women and children only and boats go down less than full.  And Louisa finds herself faced with an impossible dilemma, as she has to choose between her husband and her daughter...