COLLECTION · Series · 1983

Shackleton

Name: Shackleton
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 6.5

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.

Source: TMDB

* 6.5 (2)ActionAdventureDramaAustralia · New Zealand

Countries

Australia · New Zealand · United Kingdom · United States

Studios

BBC Two · BBC · Seven Network · Television New Zealand · The Entertainment Channel

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

13/04/1983

Score

6.5 / 10 (2)

Where to watch

Streaming

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Seasons and episodes

Season 1

4 episodes · 1983

Episode 1. A Merchant Navy Man

1983-04-13 · 60 min

Part one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Episode 2. Our Dead Bodies Must Tell the Tale

1983-04-20 · 60 min

October 1908. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Forced by ice conditions to break an agreement with Scott, Shackleton has returned to Ross Island. From the expedition's base at Cape Royds an attempt to reach the South Pole is about to begin. The…

Episode 3. Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey

1983-04-27 · 60 min

1914. Following the shattering news of Scott's death on his return journey from the South Pole, Shackleton formulates a new challenge on Antarctica. Sailing south in 'Endurance', his expedition will cross the vast continent.

Episode 4. Cape Horn - Or South Georgia?

1983-05-04 · 60 min

December 1916. After the loss of 'Endurance', Shackleton and his 27 men endeavour to cross the frozen Weddell Sea. Land lies 350 miles away, and as they drift helplessly northwards they know that soon the ice will break beneath them.

Cast by season

Michael Hayward

‘Putty’ Marston

David Schofield

Sir Ernest Shackleton

David Rodigan

Frank Wild

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Keywords

biographyantarcticasouth polehistorical dramapolar exploration1910spolar expeditionernest shackleton