BBC Airs 1,000-Drone Titanic Tribute Over Belfast Harbour

Overview

• The BBC broadcast the aerial show at 8pm Thursday as part of its Made Of Here film, following Monday's near-1,000-drone run over Belfast Harbour.
• The display recreated the RMS Titanic in lights and matched the date and hour the ship left Belfast in 1912.
• BBC officials said the tribute took its cue from Titanic Sinks Tonight, a four-part factual series made in Northern Ireland by Stellify Media.
• The series first aired in December 2025 and drew more than two million UK viewers, with almost half watching on BBC iPlayer.
• BBC commissioner Simon Young and producer Keiran Doherty said the event honored Belfast’s role in the story and connected the hit series to where it was made.