{"id":371001,"date":"2026-04-02T09:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/371001\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T09:54:09","slug":"bbcs-made-of-here-campaign-docks-in-northern-ireland-with-a-titanic-sized-drone-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/371001\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC\u2019s Made Of Here campaign docks in Northern Ireland with a Titanic-sized drone display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published: 10:00 am, 2 April 2026<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0nb547q.jpg\" alt=\"A large light display of a ship, outlined with colourful neon lights made of drones, is illuminated above the water in Belfast harbour. There is a pink reflection on the water and there are city lights in the background.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    The RMS Titanic is recreated using drones to mark the start of the BBC\u2019s Made Of Here marketing campaign in Northern Ireland. The drone display is inspired by the four-part series Titanic Sinks Tonight, which we made in Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018recreation\u2019 of the RMS Titanic, staged in Belfast harbour through the use a \u2018flotilla\u2019 of almost 1,000 drones, marks the arrival of BBC\u2019s Made Of Here campaign in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The drone display, which took place on Monday 30 March using 950 drones, will be broadcast to audiences as part of a Made Of Here film on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC Two Northern Ireland on Thursday 2 April at 8pm, after EastEnders \u2013 the same time and date the Titanic set sail from Belfast in 1912. Elements of the production will also feature across social media platforms and YouTube. The filming of the drone activation was produced by the BBC NI Creative team.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0nb55lg.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial night view of a brightly illuminated ship outlined in colourful lights, floating on dark water with its pink and purple reflection beneath it. To the left, a waterfront area and buildings are also lit with blue and purple lighting, while the city skyline in lit up in the distance\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    950 drones were used to \u2018recreate\u2019 the RMS Titanic in Belfast harbour, beside the Titanic Slipways in reference to the BBC series Titanic Sinks Tonight<\/p>\n<p>The display was inspired by the four-part BBC factual series Titanic Sinks Tonight, which was filmed and produced in Northern Ireland by Belfast-based independent production company Stellify Media.<\/p>\n<p>Titanic Sinks Tonight, which originally aired in December 2025, has become the BBC\u2019s biggest history documentary of 2025\/26 so far, with an audience of more than two million viewers across the UK and almost half of viewers watching on BBC iPlayer. The docu-drama used personal testimony taken from letters, interviews, personal memoirs and the accounts of public enquiries to tell the story of the sinking of the Titanic, minute by minute, from the moment it hit the iceberg to the moment it disappeared below the surface of the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0nb55mc.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows a nighttime cityscape with bright lights reflecting on the water. Above the harbour, a large formation of illuminated drones spells out the words \u201cTITANIC SINKS TONIGHT\u201d against the dark sky.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>     The factual docu-drama Titanic Sinks Tonight was the inspiration for the first Made Of Here event in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC\u2019s Made Of Here campaign is a tribute to the hometowns and cities across the UK which have inspired some of the BBC\u2019s most iconic TV shows and characters. At the campaign\u2019s heart is a short film that highlights the BBC\u2019s unique ability to connect with people across the UK through outstanding homegrown storytelling, whether that\u2019s in landmark dramas, laugh-out-loud comedies or memorable factual programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland is the latest location to be spotlit by the campaign, following activity in Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow. The campaign highlights that homegrown creativity, from Cardiff to Belfast and Manchester to the Home Counties, sits at the very core of what the BBC does.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0nb55r3.jpg\" alt=\"Three large illuminated drone formations spell out the BBC in blocks in the night sky above a waterfront cityscape\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    The drone display is part of a BBC Campaign that highlights the BBC\u2019s unique ability to connect with people across the UK through outstanding homegrown storytelling, be in landmark dramas, comedies or  factual programmes.  <\/p>\n<p>Simon Young, Head of History, BBC Factual Commissioning, said: \u201cWe are so proud to have brought the Titanic back to Belfast in the shape of this extraordinary TV series. The city took the production of Titanic Sinks Tonight to its heart, and the result is a gripping second-by-second examination of the ship&#8217;s final hours. There&#8217;s no better way to mark the construction of the most famous ship in history, and the creation of this epic series, than by bringing Titanic to life in lights on Belfast harbour.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Keiran Doherty, co-CEO of Stellify Media who made the Titanic Sinks Tonight series, said: \u201cFilming at home in Belfast gave us something special, a connection to the Titanic that goes beyond the visuals. We weren&#8217;t just imagining the story, we were standing in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"component-image-image max-width margin-auto max-height-169\" data-testid=\"component-image-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/p0nb55vs.jpg\" alt=\"Nighttime aerial view of a waterfront with a large drone light display forming the words \u201cMADE OF HERE\u201d in bright white lights above the city. Buildings and their reflections are visible below\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Northern Ireland is the latest location to be spotlit by the Made Of Here campaign, following activity in Liverpool, Birmingham and Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the month of April, further BBC programmes made in Northern Ireland will feature in the extensive multi-media campaign, which will run on billboards, in press and cinema across Northern Ireland. Titles set to feature in the campaign include the hit drama series Blue Lights, which is currently filming in Belfast, Line Of Duty, which will soon commence production in Northern Ireland, Hope Street and the award-winning comedy series Funboys.<\/p>\n<p>pressofficebbcni@bbc.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: 10:00 am, 2 April 2026 The RMS Titanic is recreated using drones to mark the start of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[146,85,46],"class_list":{"0":"post-371001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}