The Last Place on Earth (1985)
The Last Place on Earth (1985)
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Cast & Crew.
Martin Shaw
Captain R. F. Scott
Stephen Moore
Dr. 'Bill' Wilson
Max von Sydow
Fridtjof Nansen
Pat Roach
PO Evans
Bill Nighy
Cecil Meares
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Roald Amundsen
Hugh Grant
Cherry-Garrard
Michael Maloney
Lt. 'Teddy' Evans
Richard Morant
Capt. 'Titus' Oates
Richard Wilson
Scott Keltie
Sylvester McCoy
Lt. 'Birdie' Bowers
Paul Rothery
'Silas' Wright
Ståle Bjørnhaug
Olav Bjaaland
Susan Wooldridge
Kathleen Bruce - Mrs. Scott
Lawrence Douglas
Bernard Day
Tom Georgeson
PO Lashly
Robin Soans
PO Keohane
Hans Ola Sørlie
Jorgen Stubberud
Alexander Knox
Sir Clements Markham
Jiří Stanislav
Dimitri
Jan Hårstad
Helmer Hanssen
Peter Jeffrey
Lord Curzon
Nickolas Grace
Lord Howard de Walden
Richard Todd
Mr. Barnes
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This TV Show Is About.
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The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven-part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott (played by Martin Shaw) and his Norwegian rival in polar exploration, Roald Amundsen (played by Sverre Anker Ousdal) in their attempts to reach the South Pole.
The series ran for seven episodes and starred a wide range of UK and Norwegian character actors as well as featuring some famous names, such as Max von Sydow, Alexander Knox, Richard Wilson, Sylvester McCoy, Brian Dennehy, and Pat Roach. It also featured performances early in their careers by Bill Nighy and Hugh Grant.
Subsequently, Huntford's book was republished under the same name. The book put forth the point of view that Amundsen's success in reaching the South Pole was abetted by much superior planning, whereas errors by Scott (notably including the reliance on man-hauling instead of sled dogs) ultimately resulted in the death of him and his companions.