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Titanic: Ship of Dreams

11. The Titanic Inquiry

Titanic: Ship of Dreams

NOISER

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8774 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Bruce Ismay takes the stand in New York. Titanic’s crew members close ranks, dodging difficult questions from the senators. The ‘money boat’ survivors are given a grilling. And as a second investigation gathers pace in London, newspaper editors on both sides of the Atlantic continue the search for heroes and villains... A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Stephanie Barczewski, Jerome Chertkoff, Julian Fellowes, Veronica Hinke, Clifford Ismay, Tim Maltin, Stephen McGann, Claes-Göran Wetterholm. Written by Duncan Barrett | Produced by Miriam Baines and Duncan Barrett | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by Miri Latham | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Anisha Deva | Compositions by Oliver Baines and Dorry Macaulay | Mix & mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann | Nautical consultant: Aaron Todd. Get every episode of Titanic: Ship of Dreams two weeks early and ad-free by joining Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed to get started. Or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The people of Britain love their fancy blenders.

0:03.0

They've bought loads of them.

0:05.0

And luckily, if they bought them with Barclay Card, they earned rewards.

0:09.0

In fact, they'll earn rewards on all their eligible purchases.

0:13.0

It's a more convenient way to consume your fruit and veg!

0:16.0

What you buy is your business.

0:19.0

Giving you rewards on purchases is ours.

0:21.7

Barclay card.

0:22.7

Make money work for you.

0:24.3

28.9% APR representative variables subject to application, financial circumstances and borrowing history.

0:29.2

Teas and Cs and Cs apply.

0:32.8

It's 10.30 a.m. on April the 19th, 1912.

0:37.4

Just four days after RMS Titanic sank to the bottom

0:41.1

of the ocean. We're in a conference room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York,

0:47.2

all floral wallpaper and Corinthian columns. Not a million miles from the elegant interior

0:53.1

is now resting on the seabed.

0:55.0

At one end of a long wooden table sits a 49-year-old man,

1:01.0

fiddling awkwardly with his cufflinks.

1:04.0

With his smart suit and tidy moustache, he looks every inch the successful businessman.

1:10.0

And a week ago, White Star Chairman Bruce Ismay must have felt like the king of the world,

1:17.1

steaming across the Atlantic on his brand new state-of-the-art ocean liner.

1:23.2

Now, his careworn eyes tell a different story.

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