Harry's Arctic Heroes: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Harry's Arctic Heroes is a BBC documentary, capturing a special expedition undertaken by a team of wounded servicemen as they attempt a gruelling 200 mile charity trek to the North Pole.

With no back-up vehicles or doctors, the team pull all the equipment and supplies they need for the duration of the expedition over the toughest terrain in the world. They face a constant battle with ice and wind storms that would test the most able-bodied of Arctic explorers.

Prince Harry is the patron of Walking With The Wounded, the charity that organised the expedition. He joins the team on the ice for the first leg of the expedition when for a week he pulls his own sledge, sharing tent-pitching and food preparation duties and faces the same gruelling Arctic conditions as his fellow servicemen.

Series details

• Title: Harry's Arctic Heroes
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Travel
• Premiere date: 2011-08-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-08-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 22351
• TVDB ID: 251372

Cast and credited roles

• John Hurt — Narrator
• Prince Harry — Prince Harry

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2011-08-23; final listed air date 2011-08-30; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from Harry's Arctic Heroes on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.