The Terror: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Terror is an American anthology television series exploring historical speculative fiction based on true events.

The series is named after Dan Simmons's 2007 novel, which serves as the basis for the first season and is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition to the Arctic in 1845–1848.

The second season, subtitled Infamy, bears no relation to the book or first season and is mostly set in an American-run Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Series details

• Title: The Terror
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2018-03-26
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: AMC+
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 57 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 8161
• IMDb ID: tt2708480
• TVDB ID: 322191

Cast and credited roles

• Jared Harris — Francis Crozier
• Paul Ready — Dr. Henry Goodsir
• Adam Nagaitis — Cornelius Hickey
• Tobias Menzies — James Fitzjames
• Ciarán Hinds — Sir John Franklin
• Ian Hart — Thomas Blanky
• Nive Nielsen — Lady Silence
• Derek Mio — Chester Nakayama
• Cristina Rodlo — Luz Ojeda
• Shingo Usami — Henry Nakayama
• Naoko Mori — Asako Nakayama
• Miki Ishikawa — Amy Yoshida

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-03-26; final listed air date 2018-05-21; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-08-12; final listed air date 2019-10-14; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2026-05-07; final listed air date 2026-06-11; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Terror 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.