Shackleton: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Having had a taste of Antarctic adventure on Captain Scott's failed 1901 bid to reach the South Pole, seven years later Ernest Shackleton leads his own expedition. Agonisingly close to reaching the Pole, the men have to pull back in an appalling blizzard to reach their ship before the advancing ice cuts off the passage home. By 1911 Roald Amundsen has reached the Pole and Scott and his men, trailing in the Norwegian's wake, have perished. Undeterred, in 1914 Shackleton and his trusted deputy Frank Wild set out on their most famous journey aboard Endurance, with the aim of crossing the icy continent from sea to sea.

Series details

• Title: Shackleton
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Adventure, History
• Premiere date: 1983-04-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 1983-05-04
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 65135

Cast and credited roles

• David Schofield — Ernest Shackleton
• Michael Hayward — 'Putty' Marston
• David Rodigan — Frank Wild
• Geoffrey Chater — Sir Clements Markham
• Robert Lang — Major Darwin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-04-13; final listed air date 1983-05-04; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shackleton 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.