It's the most famous sunken ship in history, but its story is surrounded by a lot of myth.
Were the working classes locked below deck and doomed to drown? Could the Titanic have avoided the iceberg? And most importantly (to us, at least), what sex and scandals took place on board?
Joining Kate today is the marvellous Gareth Russell to talk us through what really went down on the Titanic, and discuss the major beef with Rose from the 1997 film.
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