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ShortHand: Would You Survive The Titanic?

4/14/202626 min

On the night of 14th April 1912, the ‘unsinkable’ RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank into the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean – killing almost all of its passengers. 

But the real question is: would you make it through that fateful night? 

In this special 114th-anniversary ShortHand, we walk through your realistic chances of survival after boarding the doomed ship… And with your sex, class and circumstances all tipping the balance on some seriously sketchy odds, you’d better grab a life jacket just in case.

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Clips

Myth Of Chivalry At Sea
Locked Gates, Sinking Ship
Chaos Of Half-Empty Lifeboats
Ice In Drinks, Doom Below
She Was Right All Along
Who Actually Survived, And Why
The Forgotten Binoculars
Cold Water Kills In Minutes
Quotes Loaded, Chaos Ensues

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:00

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  2. Hannah Maguire· Host0:29

    [upbeat rock music] Hello.

  3. Suruthi Bala· Host0:43

    Hello.

  4. Hannah Maguire· Host0:44

    We've all heard the story of the Titanic. Some of us may even have bought a Lego Titanic kit and then been so embarrassed they sent it back immediately.

  5. Suruthi Bala· Host0:53

    [gasps] No.

  6. Hannah Maguire· Host0:54

    You have no idea how big it is.

  7. Suruthi Bala· Host0:57

    Oh.

  8. Hannah Maguire· Host0:57

    It arrived and I was like, "You can't do..." It arrived at the person's house. [laughs] And they thought to themselves, "You cannot seriously be thinking about this 35-year-old person." So I got s- ... So I sent it back.

  9. Suruthi Bala· Host1:09

    Oh, fair enough.

  10. Hannah Maguire· Host1:10

    Maybe one day if I'm really good I shall have it.

  11. Suruthi Bala· Host1:13

    Sure, sure. As a, as a treat.

  12. Hannah Maguire· Host1:14

    It's not today.

  13. Suruthi Bala· Host1:14

    Okay.

  14. Hannah Maguire· Host1:15

    The unsinkable ship whose maiden voyage ended in tragedy, securing a place in history as one of the deadliest ever disasters at sea, doing it all while not looking any bigger than the Mauretania. You might

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