Titanic: Blood and Steel - Season 1 - Eps 8: High Stakes

Name: Eps 8: High Stakes
Released: 2012-07-01
Rating: 3.5

2012-07-01 • 60 min • ⭐ 7/10

The high staked General Elections are drawing closer. The magnates have their own candidate, the Unionist extremist Albert Hatton. The fact that Pirrie does not support Hatton makes him an enemy of the ruling class. Michael is campaigning for Labour. His sister Emily helps him. But she gets arrested for giving out leaflets. This is a political measure, and Emily is only the scapegoat. On the ship front, Mark's proposition to erect higher bulkheads to defend Titanic is crushed by Ismay, the Chairman of White Star Lines, the company Titanic is being built for. When the elections occur, Albert Hatton wins a handsome majority. The third candidate, Michael, only gets a very small number of votes. Protestant and anti Home Rule extremists fume with rage and hatred, and Michael is assaulted, cruelly beaten and forced from Belfast. His brother Conor has become a terrorist and has taken lives.

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About Titanic: Blood and Steel

Title: Titanic: Blood and Steel

First Air Date: 2012-05-13

Last Air Date: 2012-08-15

Status: Ended

Rating: 7/10 (from 26 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 12

Network: History TNT Serie

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Tandem Communications, 3 Arts Entertainment, Artists Studio, CBC, DAP Italy, De Angelis Group, Epos Films, Atresmedia, RAI

Synopsis

Belfast, 1909. The Harland and Wolff shipyard has been handed the greatest project in its history. It will build a great, unsinkable ship. And it will be called the RMS Titanic.