Shackleton (1983 TV series)

Shackleton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 2 in 1983.^[1] It portrays the Antarctic expeditions of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Scriptwriter Christopher Ralling drew on Shackleton's own journals, which were re-published by the BBC as a tie-in to the series.

Shackleton
Genre	Drama
Written by	Christopher Ralling
Directed by	Martyn Friend
Starring	David Schofield
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	13 April (1983-04-13) – 4 May 1983 (1983-05-04)

Cast

• David Schofield as Sir Ernest Shackleton
• David Rodigan as Frank Wild
• Michael Hayward as 'Putty' Marston
• Robert Lang as Major Darwin
• Robert James as Sir John Scott-Keltie
• Victoria Fairbrother as Emily Shackleton
• Neil Stacy as Captain R. F. Scott
• Geoffrey Chater as Sir Clements Markham
• Anthony Bate as Lord Curzon
• Benjamin Whitrow as Roald Amundsen
• Michael Sheard as Dr. Koettlitz
• Kevin Whately as Jameson Adams
• Leslie Schofield as Ernie Joyce
• John Wheatley as Percy Blackborrow
• Tara Hiatt as Small Child

See also

• The Last Place on Earth

References

1. Baskin p.189

Bibliography

• Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
• Neville Peat. Shackleton's Whisky: A Spirit of Discovery: Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the Rare Malt Whisky He Left Behind. Penguin Random House, 2012.

External links

• Shackleton at IMDb