A drone ‘recreation’ of the RMS Titanic in Belfast Harbour, featuring a flotilla of nearly 1,000 drones, marks the launch of the BBC’s Made Of Here campaign in Northern Ireland.
The display, staged on Monday 30 March using 950 drones, will air as part of a Made Of Here film on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC Two Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 April at 8pm, following EastEnders—the same date and time the Titanic departed Belfast in 1912. Clips will also appear across social media and YouTube. Filming was produced by the BBC Northern Ireland Creative team.
The spectacle draws inspiration from the four-part BBC series Titanic Sinks Tonight, produced in Northern Ireland by Belfast-based Stellify Media. First broadcast in December 2025, it has become the BBC’s most-watched history documentary of the year, attracting more than two million UK viewers, with nearly half tuning in via BBC iPlayer. The docu-drama recounts the disaster minute by minute using eyewitness accounts, letters and inquiry records.
The Made Of Here campaign celebrates the UK locations behind some of the BBC’s most iconic programmes, highlighting its strength in homegrown storytelling across drama, comedy and factual content. Northern Ireland is the latest region to be featured, following Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow.
Simon Young, Head of History at BBC Factual Commissioning, said the project was a fitting tribute to both the ship’s Belfast origins and the success of the series. Stellify Media co-CEO Kieran Doherty added that filming in Belfast brought a unique authenticity to the production.
Throughout April, the campaign will spotlight Northern Ireland-made programmes including Blue Lights, Line of Duty, Hope Street and Funboys across billboards, press and cinema.
Source: BBC