3. Into the Atlantic…

Titanic: Ship of Dreams

NOISER

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 774 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Titanic stops off in France and Ireland to pick up more passengers, and wine. Economic migrants from Sweden and the Middle East come on board, setting out for a new life in America. Dinner is served, as Titanic’s very own ‘ice man’ helps out with cocktails and desserts. And the passengers settle down to their first night at sea. But one woman - wracked with dread - has no intention of sleeping… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Josyann Abisaab, Stephanie Barczewski, Ray Hanania, Veronica Hinke, Clifford Ismay, Tim Maltin, Claes-Göran Wetterholm. Special thanks to Southampton Archives, Culture and Tourism for the use of the Eva Hart archive. Visit SeaCity Museum for an interactive experience of the Titanic story (seacitymuseum.co.uk) 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 | 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, as well as ad-free listening, 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 five pound meal deal from McDonald's.
0:02.0	Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries, four McNuggets and a medium soft drink for guess what?
0:08.0	That's right, five pounds.
0:10.0	It's not called the five pound meal deal for nothing.
0:14.0	From 11 AM, not available on delivery.
0:16.0	Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply.
0:18.0	Participating restaurants, subjects availability.
0:20.0	It's March 1920. Carbonated soft drink upgrade fees apply. Participating restaurants, subject's availability.
0:25.3	It's March 1912.
0:32.2	We're in Thum, a village in rural Lebanon, 30 miles north of Beirut.
0:37.1	It's a serene spot dotted with olive and almond trees. The village is perched on the easternmost edge of the Mediterranean.
0:42.3	There are spectacular views across the sea towards Cyprus.
0:46.3	But the four men and two women gathered in Thune today are looking a lot further west than that.
0:53.3	They're at the start of an epic
0:55.8	6,000 mile journey. A journey only some of them will survive. It begins in time on at
1:04.8	fashion, on the back of a donkey, trekking slowly up the coast by day, sleeping in tents by the side of the road at night.
1:16.6	In Beirut they board a freighter that will take them across the Mediterranean, all the way to the south coast of France.
1:24.6	It's a five-day voyage and conditions are basic.
1:28.3	This is no luxury liner.
1:32.3	But eventually, after almost a week at sea, the travelers arrive in Marseille.
1:42.3	Next comes a train journey from one end of the country to the other.
1:47.0	They reached the northern French port of Cherbourg in early April.
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