The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 led immediately to two major inquiries: one in America and one in the UK. The testimony in these enquiries provides a fascinating and valuable glimpse into the tragedy from the words of the people themselves who experienced it. And yet only recently have these testimonies become freely accessible online, thanks to a heroic effort by numerous volunteers working for The Titanic Enquiry Project. In four subsequent episodes we are going to bring you dramatisations of a number of witness testimonies given at the UK British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry. To set out the background of the project, in this episode Dr Sam Willis speaks with Robert Ottmers, one of the volunteers working on the project.

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