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There will now be 4 must-see documentaries to watch about the Titanic in April 2012 with Titanic: Case Closed being added as the 4th documentary overall - and the 3rd from National Geographic - to the month which will see the 100th anniversary of the launch, maiden voyage, and tragic sinking of the fateful White Star Liner in April 1912.
National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) with Bedlam Productions is producing a new feature-length drama-documentary, Titanic: Case Closed for April 2012. The 90 minute film will be shown on the National Geographic Channel (DStv 260) in April 2012 with the channel promising ''the definitive examination of the Titanic's ill-fated voyage and the devastating final hours that claimed the lives of more than 1 500 people in the North Atlantic Ocean''.
Titanic: Case Closed will make use of first person testimonies taken from archives to create a dramatic interpretation of the hours immediately before and after the collission of the Titanic with an iceberg.
Tim Maltin, Britain's foremost authority on RMS Titanic, heads to locations across Europe, North America and the Atlantic Ocean to meet experts and perform a series of eye-opening experiments that piece together the chain of events that resulted in catastrophe. Titanic: Case Closed also brings to life the unique conditions of the night and resurrects the ship with a combination of vivid CGI effects and dramatic reconstruction.
National Geographic Channel will already bring viewers in April 20120 a James Cameron Titanic TV special entitled Titanic: Final Word with James Cameron. National Geographic Channel will also have Bob Ballard's Save the Titanic - another 2 hour feature film on the sunken ship.
Discovery has its own Titanic TV special for April 2012 on the Discovery Channel (DStv 121) with the working title of only Titanic, which will also be a special effects-filled documentary looking the ship.
Then there is the dramatic mini-series Titanic by ITV Studios - 4 episodes, two of which are 90 minutes long - that's already been sold to 60 countries around the world. Hopefully M-Net has already picked up this dramatic retelling of the fateful voyage with vrious intertwined stories following different characters onboard the ship and which will also be broadcast in April 2012.
