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They have all had their say. Survivors, historians, underwater explorers and technical experts.
But one group has maintained its silence about Titanic for a century.
The family behind the ship have kept their reflections about the triumph and the tragedy to themselves.
Now the Pirries and their cousins the Andrews share their thoughts exclusively in this documentary.
When Titanic launched in May 1911 it was a triumph for two ambitious men: Lord William Pirrie, and his chief naval architect and nephew Thomas Andrews.
In creating the ship both men drew inspiration from the family patriarch Captain William Pirrie, largely forgotten now but a highly successful 19th century transatlantic trader.
In the centenary year of Titanic's launch his descendants reunited in Belfast to break a longstanding family silence over the ship.
With exclusive access to family archive including a never seen before image of Titanic, the documentary captures the family's exploration of their history including a visit to the former Pirrie residence in London where the deal with the White Star Line was sealed and a trip back in time to a whitewashed cottage on the west coast of Scotland where the story of Titanic really began.
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