Shackleton
A four-part drama adaptation about the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Based on Shackleton’s own journals. In 1914 Ernest Shackleton chooses to lead a team on their famous journey aboard the Endurance. When the ship is trapped and crushed by pack-ice, Shackleton and five of his men embark on a desperate 800-mile journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
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- Ep 1
1.A Merchant Navy Man
13-04-198360mPart one of a four-part serial dramatising the life of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.
- Ep 2
2.Our Dead Bodies Must Tell the Tale
20-04-198360mOctober 1908. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Forced by ice conditions to break an agreement with Scott, Shackleton has returned to Ross Island. From the expedition's base at Cape Royds...
- Ep 3
3.Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey
27-04-198360m1914. Following the shattering news of Scott's death on his return journey from the South Pole, Shackleton formulates a new challenge on Antarctica. Sailing south in 'Endurance', h...
- Ep 4
4.Cape Horn - Or South Georgia?
04-05-198360mDecember 1916. After the loss of 'Endurance', Shackleton and his 27 men endeavour to cross the frozen Weddell Sea. Land lies 350 miles away, and as they drift helplessly northwards...
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