Shackleton(1983)

60

  • Drama,
  • Action & Adventure

Overview

A four-part drama adaptation about the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Based on Shackleton’s own journals. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard the Endurance. When the ship is trapped and crushed by pack-ice, Shackleton and five of his men embark on a desperate 800-mile journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia.

Cast

  • David Schofield

    David Schofield

    Sir Ernest Shackleton

  • David Rodigan

    David Rodigan

    Frank Wild

  • Robert Lang

    Robert Lang

    Major Darwin

  • Robert James

    Robert James

    Sir John Scott-Keltie

  • Geoffrey Chater

    Geoffrey Chater

    Sir Clements Markham

  • Raymond Adamson

    Raymond Adamson

    R.G.S. Member

  • Leonard Maguire

    Leonard Maguire

    Harry McNeish

  • John Flanagan

    John Flanagan

    Tom Crean

  • Michael Sheard

    Michael Sheard

    Dr. Koettlitz

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    Status

    Ended

    Seasons

    1

    Episodes

    4

    Last Air Date

    May 4, 1983

    Network

    BBC Two

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