The Great Famine: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In September 1845, a devastating new plant disease swept across Ireland, destroying the potato crops on which the majority of the people depended. Aid from the British government was too little and too late. Over the subsequent six years, a million Irish people died of starvation and a more than a million others fled abroad in order to escape the ravages of hunger and disease.

Series details

• Title: The Great Famine
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: History
• Premiere date: 1995-09-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 1995-09-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 92260
• IMDb ID: tt23650054
• TVDB ID: 348416

Cast and credited roles

• Ian Gibson — Presenter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-09-04; final listed air date 1995-09-11; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Great Famine 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.