Titanic: Blood and Steel
S01E08: High Stakes
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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Stained Steel
S01E03 Good Man Down
S01E04 Danger Looms
S01E05 Under Lock and Key
S01E06 The Imposter
S01E07 The Truth Shell Set You Free
S01E08 High Stakes
S01E09 Burden of Proof
S01E10 A Crack in the Armor
S01E11 The Tipping Point
S01E12 The 'Unsinkable' Sets Sail
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