Overview
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.
Cast
- Michael Hayward as ‘Putty’ Marston
- David Schofield as Sir Ernest Shackleton
- David Rodigan as Frank Wild