Comedians Tim Batt and Carlo Ritchie consider a question so daft that no one ever asked it: Did Titanic Sink?
Chances are, if you know one thing about the Titanic, it's that it sank. Like 85 percent of the population, you probably watched Rose and Jack cling to a door in the North Atlantic at the climax of James Cameron's epic romance Titanic. The fact that the Titanic sank is probably the only reason you know about the ship at all, right?
But what if everything you knew was based on a lie?
Tim Batt, comedian and podcast maker, joins Australian comedian and writer Carlo Ritchie in a comedy podcast series to answer a question no one was asking.
This is Did Titanic Sink?
It all began in 2019 when Carlo casually mentioned to Tim that he thought Titanic didn't sink.
Alarm bells starting ringing in Tim's head immediately.
The RMS Titanic is among the most famous man-made disasters of all time. Everyone has heard of "The Unsinkable Ship" that hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and proved to be very sinkable indeed.
After decades of his own "independent research", Titanic-obsessive Carlo has become convinced the narrative printed in history books washes over the real events of the disaster. Over six episodes, Carlo presents what he believes really happened in a tale of a grand conspiracy involving one of the world's richest men and possibly, history's largest switch-a-roo.
Joined by comedy heavyweights Rhys Darby, Urzila Carlso, Guy Montgomery plus the voice talents of Kim Hill, Jeremy Wells, Leigh Hart and many others, this series will make you laugh, think and question; Did Titanic Sink?
Tim Batt is an award-winning comedian, podcaster and producer. His podcast The Worst Idea of All Time is New Zealand's most successful comedy podcast, with over 20 million downloads. Tim has made headlines several times for his comedy shenanigans over the years, including buying the URL for Hannah Tamaki's political party and redirecting it to the first episode of TVNZ OnDemand's The Male Gayz - a show he produced, hosted by Chris Parker and Eli Matthewson. He also caused a stir online for his NZ Christmas Comedy Gala appearance after calling America's healthcare system worse than that of violent video game Grand Theft Auto. During the first Auckland lockdown, Tim created HAPPENING!, a livestreaming comedy and art show, for which he won the NZ Comedy Guild Award for Best Online Production. Most recently, Tim hosted an episode of TVNZ's Laughs Unleashed…
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