About Shackleton
- Released on April 13, 1983
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.
Main Cast of Shackleton
Michael Hayward plays ‘Putty’ Marston (4 episodes)
David Schofield plays Sir Ernest Shackleton (4 episodes)
David Rodigan plays Frank Wild (4 episodes)
Neil Stacy plays Robert Scott (2 episodes)
Geoffrey Chater plays Sir Clements Markham (2 episodes)
Raymond Adamson plays R.G.S. Member (2 episodes)
Paul Hastings plays Dr. Edward Wilson (2 episodes)
Victoria Fairbrother plays Emily Dorman (2 episodes)
Robert Lang plays Major Darwin (3 episodes)
Robert James plays Sir John Scott-Keltie (3 episodes)
John Watts plays Frank Worsley (2 episodes)
Peter Dahlsen plays Frank Hurley (2 episodes)
Leonard Maguire plays Harry McNeish (2 episodes)
John Wheatley plays Percy Blackborrow (2 episodes)
John Flanagan plays Tom Crean (2 episodes)
Martin Howells plays Alexander Macklin (2 episodes)
Stephen Tate plays Leonard Hussey (2 episodes)
Howard Bell plays Sorlle (2 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Shackleton
Michael Sheard plays Dr. Koettlitz (1 episode)
Frank Duncan plays William Beardmore (1 episode)
Richard Steele plays Captain England (1 episode)
John Roden plays Porter (1 episode)
Roland Oliver plays Scottish Porter (1 episode)
David Soames plays First Voter (1 episode)
Richard Latham plays Second Voter (1 episode)
Benjamin Whitrow plays Roald Amundsen (1 episode)
Kevin Whately plays Jameson Adams (1 episode)
Andrew Seear plays Eric Marshall (1 episode)
Leslie Schofield plays Ernie Joyce (1 episode)
Victoria Fairbrother plays Emily Shackleton (1 episode)
John Drake plays Professor Edgeworth David (1 episode)
Brian Orrell plays Douglas Mawson (1 episode)
Sam Davies plays Captain Evans (1 episode)
Maurice Quick plays Mayor (1 episode)
Timothy Morand plays Dr. Edward Atkinson (1 episode)
Howard Lee plays Newsboy (1 episode)
Athene Fielding plays Kathleen Scott (1 episode)
Anthony Bate plays Lord Curzon (1 episode)
Ivor Roberts plays Jacobsen (1 episode)
Joanna Phillips-Lane plays 1st Girl (1 episode)
Jiggy Bhore plays 2nd Girl (1 episode)
Todd Armstrong plays Raymond Shackleton (1 episode)
Pandora Edmiston plays Cecily Shackleton (1 episode)
Steve Plytas plays Whaling Skipper (1 episode)
Crew of Shackleton
Editing
Lighting
Art
Costume & Make-Up
Directing
Production
Sound
Visual Effects
Writing
Camera
- Michael Sheard
- Frank Duncan
- Richard Steele
- John Roden
- Roland Oliver
- David Soames
- Richard Latham
- Benjamin Whitrow
- Kevin Whately
- Andrew Seear
- Leslie Schofield
- Victoria Fairbrother
- John Drake
- Brian Orrell
- Sam Davies
- Maurice Quick
- Timothy Morand
- Howard Lee
- Athene Fielding
- Anthony Bate
- Ivor Roberts
- Joanna Phillips-Lane
- Jiggy Bhore
- Todd Armstrong
- Pandora Edmiston
- Steve Plytas