Shackleton (1983 TV series)

1983 British TV series or programme

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)

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.

## Cast

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* 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

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* The Last Place on Earth

## References

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1. ^ Baskin p.189

## Bibliography

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* 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

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* Shackleton at IMDb

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