Julian Fellowes

I think he can exaggerate Smith's failing. It seems to me that the nitty gritty of doing things is left up to the subordinates.

I think he can exaggerate Smith's failing. It seems to me that the nitty gritty of doing things is left up to the subordinates.

It didn't occur to anyone that a gash that long would be made in the side of a ship. What they thought is that it would collide in some way. I mean, there wasn't a ship that could have done that damage. Only an iceberg could do it.

It didn't occur to anyone that a gash that long would be made in the side of a ship. What they thought is that it would collide in some way. I mean, there wasn't a ship that could have done that damage. Only an iceberg could do it.

Well, obviously the Titanic has changed the way we view icebergs, but it wasn't unknown. I had a great, great, great, great uncle called William Dorset Fellows, who was the captain of a ship called the Lady Hubbell, which was sunk by an iceberg in 1817. So it wasn't that nobody thought an iceberg could sink a ship. They knew it could, but they didn't think it could sink a ship like Titanic.

Well, obviously the Titanic has changed the way we view icebergs, but it wasn't unknown. I had a great, great, great, great uncle called William Dorset Fellows, who was the captain of a ship called the Lady Hubbell, which was sunk by an iceberg in 1817. So it wasn't that nobody thought an iceberg could sink a ship. They knew it could, but they didn't think it could sink a ship like Titanic.

They did know icebergs were dangerous. And that's why there were iceberg warnings. You know, a big part of the Titanic story is that these iceberg warnings were coming in and they were largely being ignored. And that's where, again, I'm afraid you do come back to Smith.

They did know icebergs were dangerous. And that's why there were iceberg warnings. You know, a big part of the Titanic story is that these iceberg warnings were coming in and they were largely being ignored. And that's where, again, I'm afraid you do come back to Smith.

It wasn't that all these people were the same and they all came from the same club. They didn't. Any more than everyone in first class today on an airliner is someone you want to have to dinner next Thursday.

It wasn't that all these people were the same and they all came from the same club. They didn't. Any more than everyone in first class today on an airliner is someone you want to have to dinner next Thursday.

His ancestor, the first John Jacob Astor, built his first fortune on fur, which was then a very important ingredient in fashion. And he made a very, very large sum of money.

His ancestor, the first John Jacob Astor, built his first fortune on fur, which was then a very important ingredient in fashion. And he made a very, very large sum of money.

His mother had built this enormous palace for herself. So he was then living in a house, you know, not much smaller than Buckingham Palace, with a ballroom on the back. And he had this tremendously socially active wife who was very good looking and a great leader and a clever woman. And everything was tickety-boo until he fell in love with his second wife, Madeleine, who was very much younger.

His mother had built this enormous palace for herself. So he was then living in a house, you know, not much smaller than Buckingham Palace, with a ballroom on the back. And he had this tremendously socially active wife who was very good looking and a great leader and a clever woman. And everything was tickety-boo until he fell in love with his second wife, Madeleine, who was very much younger.

She was about 18. And nobody could believe that he was going to divorce his very prominent and important wife for this sort of slip of a girl. That is exactly what he did.

She was about 18. And nobody could believe that he was going to divorce his very prominent and important wife for this sort of slip of a girl. That is exactly what he did.

The unsinkable Molly Brown was quite a character. I mean, she wasn't at all well-received by American society. You know, they thought she was ghastly. But ghastly or not, she was unsinkable. And she got what she wanted. And she made her life for herself. And I think we love her for it.

The unsinkable Molly Brown was quite a character. I mean, she wasn't at all well-received by American society. You know, they thought she was ghastly. But ghastly or not, she was unsinkable. And she got what she wanted. And she made her life for herself. And I think we love her for it.

I think he was a very congenial figure. I think he was good fun and chatty and he rotated the first class passengers around so he got to know them all and he sat with them all and he was very pleasant. But of course his job was to sail the ship. His job was not to keep the passengers happy any more than it would be to load the lifeboat. That wasn't what he was there for.

I think he was a very congenial figure. I think he was good fun and chatty and he rotated the first class passengers around so he got to know them all and he sat with them all and he was very pleasant. But of course his job was to sail the ship. His job was not to keep the passengers happy any more than it would be to load the lifeboat. That wasn't what he was there for.