About
The true story of Ernest Shackleton's 1914 Endurance expedition to the the South Pole and his epic struggle to lead his crew to safety after his ship was crushed in the pack ice.
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Phoebe Nicholls
as Emily Shackleton
Eve Best
as Eleanor Shackleton
Mark Tandy
as Frank Shackleton
Ian Mercer
as Ernest Holness
Lorcan Cranitch
as Frank Wild
Kevin McNally
as Frank Worsley
Ken Drury
as Henry Mcneish
Shaun Dooley
as Hubert Hudson
Pip Torrens
as James McIlroy
Jamie Lee
as James Wordie
Corin Redgrave
as Lord Curzon
Danny Webb
as Perris
Embeth Davidtz
as Rosalind Chetwynd
Mark McGann
as Tom Crean
Nicholas Rowe
as Thomas Orde-Lees
Nigel Whitmey
as William Blakewell
Chris Larkin
as George Marston
Nicholas Hewetson
as Alexander Macklin
Christian Steel
as Leonard Hussey
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Part 1
London, 1914. The explorer Ernest Shackleton attempts to raise funds for his expedition to the South Pole on the eve of the First World War, as well as struggling with a complex personal life and his brother's imprisonment for fraud.
Part 2
With their ship trapped, Shackleton and his men are forced onto the ice, and it becomes clear that the only way out is to haul boats across the ice floes to the sea. Against all odds, the men reach the water and endure a ninety-mile journey across the South Atlantic to Elephant Island.
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