The Titanic Voices from the BBC Archive (Audible Audio Edition) Mark Jones Tim PigottSmith BBC Worldwide Limited Books
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The RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton en route for New York on her maiden voyage with 2,228 passengers and crew on board. On 14 April, 1912, at twenty minutes before midnight, sailing at almost full speed, she struck an iceberg and sank in just two and a half hours. Over 1500 lives were lost.
This is the story of a great tragedy described by the surviving passengers, officers, and crew who were on board that night. Firsthand accounts help to explain why so few of the passengers took to the lifeboats and later describe the miraculous survival of those forced to jump into the icy waters of the North Atlantic. The story of the Titanic is ultimately one of simple human loss and these laconic Edwardian voices bring it alive.
The Titanic Voices from the BBC Archive (Audible Audio Edition) Mark Jones Tim PigottSmith BBC Worldwide Limited Books
Having been a Titanic historian for 25 years who has personally interviewed Titanic survivors, I was highly excited to obtain a recording of interviews from some survivors whom I interviewed personally and others who were already gone before my interest began (I did not record any of my interviews). I have had cassette copies of interviews available through the Titanic Historical Society many years ago and have listened to them repeatedly. The BBC's collection of interviews provides a nice sampling of interviews from a wide variety of individuals, and they have organized their interviews well in a chronological manner that mirrors the story of the Titanic. Overall, a well organized and professional presentation which really shines when it lets the survivors do the talking. When the survivors are not talking, however, which is much too often, the narration is only sub par at best.Not only is there too much narration (the amount of narration is nearly equal, or perhaps even slightly more, to the amount of time given to voices of Titanic survivors), but it goes beyond what should be a subtle, neutral role limited merely to providing background to the survivors interviewed and perhaps offering some contextual information. That is not the case. The narration too often strays far from a position of neutrality and strays into areas of opinion that are easily proven wrong. One such example is their view of Captain Smith. If one was to formulate their opinion of the Captain based solely on this album, it would be a miracle of they felt any remorse for his death at all due to his extreme, even criminal, negligence. One piece of evidence they use in their condemnation of Smith is his cancellation of the lifeboat drill on Sunday morning, the very day the Titanic hit the iceberg. They claim that Smith cancelled this drill due to his negligence, pride, and overall careless and wreckless attitude. They fail to mention that the drill was, in fact, cancelled for safety reasons. There was a strong breeze that Sunday morning, and as the drill consisted of swinging one of the cutter lifeboats out away from the ship, this would have been extremely dangerous in high breezes. Furthermore, they imply that if the lifeboat drill had been held, it would have actually influenced the disaster in some positive way, perhaps saving more lives. They also fail to acknowledge that, at that time, the lifeboat drill merely consisted of swinging a lifeboat out, and running a few tests to check the lifeboat equipment and lowering apparatus. It was a small affair attended only by crewmen, not passengers, and not many crew at that. Even if the drill had been held, passengers would have still not known where to go and what to do as the ship was sinking. Lifeboat drills are what they are today because of the Titanic, they were not that way before the Titanic (i.e. passengers knowing where to go and how to proceed).
Nonetheless, this is still a great album to own, just be aware of some overt bias and presentation of opinions that are not founded in fact and that can often be proven wrong through the application of facts. This problem is, of course, completely mute if you simply focus on the voices of the survivors and others interviewed. They are at the heart of this album, and listening to their own voices is a moving experience. Hearing Charles Lightoller discuss the Masaba's ice warning, and stating that if he had received the warning, he would have slowed down the ship at once and alerted the Captain. These voices represent the heart of the Titanic tragedy, and they illuminate the experiences of those who were actually there. For that reason, I would recommend this album but with the caveat to recognize that the modern day narration is faulty, probably as it was written in haste to provide some quick connecting links between the interviews, which could have been done in a more factually based, accurate, and less biased manner.
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The Titanic Voices from the BBC Archive (Audible Audio Edition) Mark Jones Tim PigottSmith BBC Worldwide Limited Books Reviews
This is yet another top-quality radio documentary from the BBC, a fascinating 2 hour 25min. programme telling the story of the tragic sinking of the Titanic, drawing on the precious sound-archive interviews of those who were there.
It is, as you would expect, an absorbing, compulsive audio document carefully paced and narrated by Tim Piggot-Smith. The production is excellent overall; the subject is sensitively handled with no sensationalism - just the accounts of the survivors, ship-builders and rescuers linked by an informative commentary. The research that has gone into this is impressive; given the plethora of material now available on Titanic, this has to rate highly on the list of anyone interested in this most compelling event in maritime history.
A superlative, moving and important 2-disc CD set; its historical value is surely undeniable and I couldn't recommend it any more highly.
This is an excellent CD. To hear the actual voices of some of the survivors is a real treat. It is a wonderful narrative of the disaster by those who lived through it. I only wish there could have been more surviors telling their versions.
This is a very well-constructed audio book which our family listened to while driving to Yellowstone this spring. Riveting accounts by Titanic survivors including passengers and crew members. I would highly recommend this audio book to anyone interested in the history and events of the Titanic.
Having been a Titanic historian for 25 years who has personally interviewed Titanic survivors, I was highly excited to obtain a recording of interviews from some survivors whom I interviewed personally and others who were already gone before my interest began (I did not record any of my interviews). I have had cassette copies of interviews available through the Titanic Historical Society many years ago and have listened to them repeatedly. The BBC's collection of interviews provides a nice sampling of interviews from a wide variety of individuals, and they have organized their interviews well in a chronological manner that mirrors the story of the Titanic. Overall, a well organized and professional presentation which really shines when it lets the survivors do the talking. When the survivors are not talking, however, which is much too often, the narration is only sub par at best.
Not only is there too much narration (the amount of narration is nearly equal, or perhaps even slightly more, to the amount of time given to voices of Titanic survivors), but it goes beyond what should be a subtle, neutral role limited merely to providing background to the survivors interviewed and perhaps offering some contextual information. That is not the case. The narration too often strays far from a position of neutrality and strays into areas of opinion that are easily proven wrong. One such example is their view of Captain Smith. If one was to formulate their opinion of the Captain based solely on this album, it would be a miracle of they felt any remorse for his death at all due to his extreme, even criminal, negligence. One piece of evidence they use in their condemnation of Smith is his cancellation of the lifeboat drill on Sunday morning, the very day the Titanic hit the iceberg. They claim that Smith cancelled this drill due to his negligence, pride, and overall careless and wreckless attitude. They fail to mention that the drill was, in fact, cancelled for safety reasons. There was a strong breeze that Sunday morning, and as the drill consisted of swinging one of the cutter lifeboats out away from the ship, this would have been extremely dangerous in high breezes. Furthermore, they imply that if the lifeboat drill had been held, it would have actually influenced the disaster in some positive way, perhaps saving more lives. They also fail to acknowledge that, at that time, the lifeboat drill merely consisted of swinging a lifeboat out, and running a few tests to check the lifeboat equipment and lowering apparatus. It was a small affair attended only by crewmen, not passengers, and not many crew at that. Even if the drill had been held, passengers would have still not known where to go and what to do as the ship was sinking. Lifeboat drills are what they are today because of the Titanic, they were not that way before the Titanic (i.e. passengers knowing where to go and how to proceed).
Nonetheless, this is still a great album to own, just be aware of some overt bias and presentation of opinions that are not founded in fact and that can often be proven wrong through the application of facts. This problem is, of course, completely mute if you simply focus on the voices of the survivors and others interviewed. They are at the heart of this album, and listening to their own voices is a moving experience. Hearing Charles Lightoller discuss the Masaba's ice warning, and stating that if he had received the warning, he would have slowed down the ship at once and alerted the Captain. These voices represent the heart of the Titanic tragedy, and they illuminate the experiences of those who were actually there. For that reason, I would recommend this album but with the caveat to recognize that the modern day narration is faulty, probably as it was written in haste to provide some quick connecting links between the interviews, which could have been done in a more factually based, accurate, and less biased manner.
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