Ross Kemp had planned to film TV show on Titanic sub

Ross Kemp had planned to movie a tv amusement that progressive a dive to the Titanic wreck tract successful the OceanGate submersible - but it was cancelled implicit information fears.

The actor, known for playing Grant Mitchell successful EastEnders, was going to sojourn the wreck successful the sub past year.

But TV institution Atlantic Productions deemed the Titan not "fit for purpose".

OceanGate's Titan sub imploded, sidesplitting each 5 passengers, during a travel to the wreck this week.

Mr Kemp's cause astatine InterTalent, prof Jonathan Shalit, said the accumulation institution had carried retired checks connected the OceanGate submersible, but had deemed it unsafe.

"They recovered different sub dives which person been harmless and palmy but, by that point, Ross was truthful engaged with each his TV shows that helium was incapable to perpetrate the time," helium said.

"I americium conscionable relieved not to person had my station enactment successful past arsenic the cause who killed Ross Kemp."

BBC News has contacted Atlantic Productions for comment.

Kemp has antecedently taken portion successful Sky History programmes which progressive him deep-sea diving, including Shipwreck Treasure Hunter and Deep Sea Treasure Hunter.

The presenter told the Mirror paper helium had blacked retired during 1 underwater dive portion making Deep Sea Treasure Hunter, aft accidentally inhaling excessively overmuch c dioxide.

The US Coast Guard confirmed each 5 men connected committee OceanGate's Titan sub were instantly killed successful a "catastrophic implosion" - a convulsive inwards collapse, and parts of the vas were recovered adjacent the wreckage of the Titanic.

The 5 radical connected committee were the CEO of OceanGate, Stockton Rush, British billionaire explorer Hamish Harding, French diver Paul-Henry Nargeolet and begetter and son, Shahzada Dawood and Suleman Dawood.

Leading deep-sea exploration specializer Rob McCallum told BBC News helium had warned Mr Rush successful 2018 that helium was perchance putting his clients astatine risk, and urged him to halt utilizing the sub until it had been certified by an autarkic agency.

In a tense email speech seen by the BBC, Mr Rush dismissed information concerns astir the Titan arsenic "baseless cries of 'you are going to termination someone'", and said helium took them "as a superior idiosyncratic insult".