Shackleton (1983)
Shackleton (1983)
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Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.





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Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.

Michael Hayward
‘Putty’ Marston

David Schofield
Sir Ernest Shackleton

David Rodigan
Frank Wild

Adam Clapham
Executive Producer

Bill Bonner
Property Buyer

Steve Connelly
Graphic Designer

Pamela Fairbrother
Emily Shackleton

John Harris
Producer

David Whitson
Director of Photography

Reg Samuel
Costume Designer

Francis Shaw
Music

Maggie Stevens
Production Assistant

Jean Speak
Makeup Artist

Peter Day
Visual Effects Designer

Ron Edmonds
ADR Mixer

George Reed
Visual Effects Designer

Michael Treen
Production Manager

Eric Baker
Property Buyer

Martyn Friend
Director

Dick Allen
Editor

David Thomas
Editor

John Gracey
Electrician

Christopher Ralling
Writer

Michael Sheard
Dr. Koettlitz

Frank Duncan
William Beardmore

Richard Steele
Captain England

John Roden
Porter

Roland Oliver
Scottish Porter

David Soames
First Voter

Richard Latham
Second Voter

Neil Stacy
Robert Scott

Geoffrey Chater
Sir Clements Markham

Raymond Adamson
R.G.S. Member

Paul Hastings
Dr. Edward Wilson

Benjamin Whitrow
Roald Amundsen

Kevin Whately
Jameson Adams

Andrew Seear
Eric Marshall

Leslie Schofield
Ernie Joyce

Victoria Fairbrother
Emily Dorman / Emily Shackleton

John Drake
Professor Edgeworth David

Brian Orrell
Douglas Mawson

Sam Davies
Captain Evans

Maurice Quick
Mayor

Timothy Morand
Dr. Edward Atkinson

Howard Lee
Newsboy

Athene Fielding
Kathleen Scott

Robert Lang
Major Darwin

Robert James
Sir John Scott-Keltie

Anthony Bate
Lord Curzon

Ivor Roberts
Jacobsen

Joanna Phillips-Lane
1st Girl

Jiggy Bhore
2nd Girl

Todd Armstrong
Raymond Shackleton

Pandora Edmiston
Cecily Shackleton

John Watts
Frank Worsley

Peter Dahlsen
Frank Hurley
Details.
Release DateApril 13, 1983
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time1h
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
historical drama
polar explorer
polar expedition
Miniseries
Wiki.
Shackleton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 2 in 1983. It portrays the Antarctic expeditions of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Scriptwriter Christopher Ralling drew on Shackleton's own journals, which were re-published by the BBC as a tie-in to the series.
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