By Sophie McLaughlin

Copyright belfastlive

A new dramatised documentary made in Northern Ireland is set to detail the sinking of the ‘world’s most famous ship’ in real time.

From the crucial seconds before the ship hit the iceberg, to the final moments when the hull sank beneath the waves, ‘Titanic Sinks Tonight’ pieces together the events, minute by minute, to reveal exactly what happened to the 2,208 passengers and crew on the night of April 14.

The four-part series produced by Stellify Media for BBC Factual and BBC Northern Ireland relives the Titanic story through the experiences and personal testimony of the passengers and crew who were there.

A description reads: “When she left Belfast in April, 1912, the Titanic was the most famous ship in the world. Four days into her maiden voyage, the ‘unsinkable ship’ hit an iceberg in the icy waters of the Atlantic.

“Unearthed from a vast archive of eyewitness testimony, including letters, telegrams, media interviews, memoirs and the US and UK public enquiries into the disaster, the cast of actors portray vivid first-hand accounts that will put viewers ‘in the moment’, revealing what individuals all around the ship saw, felt and did that night.

“There is also analysis from a range of contributors including ex-marine JJ Chalmers, historian Professor Suzannah Lipscomb, Admiral Lord West, and authors Nadifa Mohamed and Jeanette Winterson.”

The docu-drama series was filmed in Northern Ireland using cutting-edge Virtual Production technology at Studio Ulster with support from Northern Ireland Screen.

These new images show Rhys Mannion as First Class passenger Jack Thayer and Vicky Allen as First Class stewardess Violet Jessop.

See them in the gallery below…