Filming has started on Julian Fellowes' new miniseries Titanic.
The drama, which will air on ITV in the UK and ABC in the US and hopefully in Australia, features a cast including Linus Roache, Geraldine Somerville and Timothy West. Fellowes, who most recently created ITV1 drama Downton Abbey, has penned the drama which is being produced as a 2x90 minute and 4x60 minute mini series.
It is expected to focus on the lives of the passengers and crew on the famous ship and will feature stories of romance and mystery. Both fictional and historical characters will be included in the drama.
"Each point of view will culminate in a cliff hanger as the ship begins to founder, building to an explosive conclusion which draws together each of the stories," a synopsis teased. "Viewers will be taken on a heart wrenching journey through Titanic's last hours, as the drama reveals which of the characters they have come to know so well will survive… and who does not."
The show is being filmed in Budapest on a two-tier set which includes a promenade deck, boat deck, four working lifeboats, two collapsible lifeboats, the ship's bridge, corridors and several rooms.
The team behind the drama has also built the biggest indoor tank in mainland Europe for the scenes set in water.
The project's director Jon Jones said: "It's an incredible, evocative playing space. We have built a huge section of the ship that is jam-packed with a warren of rooms arranged to allow us a sense that we have the run of the ship. Once you enter the studio, it is like boarding the ship - you get a real sense of the space. We want to get to grips with how it really was to be confined in a tiny cabin in steerage - or effortlessly ensconced in a First Class stateroom."
Titanic will air in April 2012 to mark the centenary of the ship's sinking.
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