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Shackleton (1983)

Shackleton

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.

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Michael Hayward

Michael Hayward

as ‘Putty’ Marston

David Schofield

David Schofield

as Sir Ernest Shackleton

Victoria Fairbrother

Victoria Fairbrother

as Emily Dorman as Emily Shackleton

as Major Darwin

as Sir John Scott-Keltie

as Robert Scott

Geoffrey Chater

Geoffrey Chater

as Sir Clements Markham

Raymond Adamson

Raymond Adamson

as R.G.S. Member

as Dr. Edward Wilson

as Frank Worsley

as Frank Hurley

Leonard Maguire

Leonard Maguire

as Harry McNeish

as Percy Blackborrow

as Alexander Macklin

as Leonard Hussey

as Dr. Koettlitz

as William Beardmore

as Captain England

as Scottish Porter

as Second Voter

Benjamin Whitrow

Benjamin Whitrow

as Roald Amundsen

as Jameson Adams

as Eric Marshall

Leslie Schofield

Leslie Schofield

as Professor Edgeworth David

as Douglas Mawson

as Captain Evans

as Dr. Edward Atkinson

Athene Fielding

Athene Fielding

as Kathleen Scott

Joanna Phillips-Lane

Joanna Phillips-Lane

as Raymond Shackleton

Pandora Edmiston

Pandora Edmiston

as Cecily Shackleton

as Whaling Skipper

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Season 1

Season 1

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