Ross Kemp was set to dive to the Titanic on doomed submersible but production company ruled it was too dangerous

Ross Kemp was due to visit the Titanic aboard the doomed OceanGate sub - but was told it was too dangerous

The former EastEnders star was filming his new series of Ross Kemp: Deep Sea Treasure Hunter and was due to visit the grave of the ocean liner 12,000ft below the waves.

Professor Jonathan Shalit, of Kemp's agency InterTalent, said: "Their team checked out this OceanGate submersible and pulled out of using it, as it was simply not considered safe or fit for purpose."I am just relieved not to have had my post note in history as the agent who killed Ross Kemp." "But when provisional enquiries were made with OceanGate, the question was asked: 'How much training does he need to go down in the submersible to the Titanic?'‘It’s a graveyard and should be left in peace’: Relatives of Titanic passengers slam tour firms ‘exploiting’ wreckage

Atlantic Productions has previously filmed the Titanic with underwater cameras and took Sir David Attenborough down to the Great Barrier Reef.Five people were killed when the Titan went to the shipwreck on Sunday.

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