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.
Network: BBC Two
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Status
Ended
Michael Hayward
‘Putty’ Marston
David Schofield
Sir Ernest Shackleton
David Rodigan
Frank Wild
Victoria Fairbrother
Emily Dorman
Robert Lang
Major Darwin
Robert James
Sir John Scott-Keltie
Neil Stacy
Robert Scott
Geoffrey Chater
Sir Clements Markham
2025