The ship Britannic was made by the same building firm as the Titanic. After the T's sinking, improvements were made and better evacuation plans formulated. But, now its WW I time and the B has just been given a new task. It will be a medical ship and is ordered to the Greek islands to aid the soldiers in Gallipoli. Yet, British Naval commanders are still ill at ease. They suspect that a German spy may make his or her way on board and sabotage the vessel. For this reason, Brit Intelligence places its own operative, Vera (Amanda Hays) on board. This is odd because few women are given such a big job at this time but male agents are scarce. Vera is also an odd choice because she was on the Titanic, where she escaped death but her husband did NOT. Nevertheless, she agrees to pose as a nanny to Lady Lewis (Jacqueline Bisset) and keep en eye out. The captain makes it clear he resents having to follow a woman's demands. Very soon, he changes his mind, as Vera foils attempts to damage the ship and/ore fight mutiny by the Irish coal stokers, urged on by the unknown spy. Who is it? Meanwhile, Vera takes a shine to the ship's chaplain, Mr. Reynolds (Edward Atterton). He seems kind and returns her affection. But, gasp, could it be that he may be the actual spy? Once in the Aegean, peril is near as the ship is indeed torpedoed. How will it all end? This very intriguing movie, based on a little known ship or event, is entertaining to view. The two lovebird actors, Hays and Atterton, are very attractive and talented while Bisset and the rest of the supporting cast, do nice work, too. In addition, the period costumes, sets (mostly on board), and manners are likewise wonderful to behold. Add on a competent script and direction and most viewers will indeed be happy with the results. If you are drawn to romantic, historical dramas, you will be fascinated with Britannic.

While this is an obvious made-for-TV follow up to Titanic (Cameron) it does draw attention to a signficant shipwreck that has been largely forgotten.Bollards relatively recent expedition has shown that the ship was sunk by torpedo's as shown, but sunk because the portholes were open and the bulkhead doors were not closed.It is indeed fortunate that it happened on an inwards transit because on an outwards one the loss of life would have been enormous.Yet again we have intrigue and romance fictionally built into a disaster movie but the truth of the matter is that the sinking of Britannic was an act of war with minimal loss of life. With what had happened in Galipoli and the Western Front it was hardly newsworthy.The movie for all its slights of hand might have just made its sinking more noteworthy than has otherwise been the case.

HiI loved this film, i thought it would be dull but it was exciting and the actors where very good, if people think it will be like Titanic then they are wrong this films story is much better and its about time there was a film made on the Britannic.Thanks quacker31

Jacqueline Bisset a once and still magnificently beautiful and talented actress is regrettably the most notorious name in the cast. It is so unfortunate that she allowed herself to become a part of its ensemble since the film has little, if any, value at all. As can be expected, the film attempted to ride on the coattails of the enormously successful, Titanic, but fell far short of its expectations. Most importantly, it is not historically correct. The same argument could be made regarding Titanic, as the characters were fictional. However, in the case of The Brittanic, not only are the characters fictious, so is the plot. In addition, the rating is decidedly incorrect, as the film is full of violence and should have received an R rating for its violence alone. I surely regret having to pan a film starring Ms. Bisset. However this film does not deserve to have been distributed and certainly not under the guise under which it was. Hopefully, having received as little publicity as it did, it will not reach a much larger audience than it has to date.