When the Titanic sank, the owners of the White Star Line made every effort to return straight to England.

An inquiry set up by the US Senate held the surviving witnesses ashore in New York until questions could be answered.

From over a thousand pages of testimony in the Inquiry Archives, Bob Sherman has created a gripping courtroom drama in two parts.

Senator William Alden Smith .... Kenneth Haigh
J Bruce Ismay ... Nlckolas Grace
Mrs Stuart White ... Jill Johnson
Senator Fletcher .... John Sharian
Charles Herbert Lightoller .... Conrad Nelson
Harold Lowe ... Ben Crowe
Women's voices ... Barbara Barnes
Philip Franklin ... Bob Sherman
President Taft ... Peter Marinker
Daniel Buckley ... Tom George

Director: Ned Chaillet

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2002. Show less