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EXCLUSIVE: Nat Geo has bought nan BBC‘s docu-drama astir nan sinking of nan Titanic.
Titanic Sinks Tonight tells nan communicative of nan last hours of nan astir celebrated oversea disaster of each time. From nan important seconds earlier nan vessel deed nan iceberg, to nan last moments erstwhile nan hull sank beneath nan waves, nan show uses virtual accumulation exertion to portion together nan events, successful existent time, to uncover precisely what happened to nan 2,208 passengers and unit connected nan nighttime of April 14 1912. It recreates melodramatic elements utilizing actors from Northern Ireland and combines this pinch documentary testimony.
Coming astir 30 years aft nan deed blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, Titanic Sinks Tonight is nan BBC’s most-watched doc of 2025-26 truthful far, according to its seller Sony Pictures Television (SPT).
Titanic Sinks Tonight has sold to Nat Geo successful nan States, wherever it will motorboat June 22, while MGM+ has acquired successful aggregate territories including Belgium, Germany, Italy, nan Netherlands, and Spain. HBO Max has aired nan bid crossed Latin America and BeIN has acquired for nan Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye. The bid has besides sold to TVNZ (New Zealand), NOW TV (Hong Kong SAR), KT Genie TV (South Korea), WOWOW (Japan), RTE (Ireland), TV2 (Hungary), Telia Estonia (Estonia), Telia Play (Lithuania), Tet+ (Latvia), DR (Denmark), NRK (Norway), and SVT (Sweden).
Nat Geo has aired plentifulness of Titanic worldly successful nan past including Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, which created nan first high-res, 3D integer copy of nan vessel.
“The beardown world consequence to Titanic Sinks Tonight reflects nan world appetite for premium, differentiated storytelling that tin recreation crossed platforms and territories,” said Jason Spivak and Mike Wald, Co-Presidents, Distribution & Networks, SPT. “With its innovative accumulation attack and compelling taxable matter, nan bid has resonated powerfully pinch viewers successful nan UK and pinch world partners. We can’t hold for audiences worldwide to acquisition nan Titanic communicative successful an wholly caller way.”
Titanic Sinks Tonight was produced by Sony-backed Stellify Media and EPd by Stellify’s Kieran Doherty and Matthew Worthy. It was filmed utilizing virtual accumulation tech astatine Studio Ulster pinch support from Northern Ireland Screen and actors from Northern Ireland. Fiona Keane is nan executive shaper for BBC Northern Ireland and Simon Young is nan commissioning editor for BBC factual.
