| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| David Schofield | Sir Ernest Shackleton | 4 |
| Robert Lang | Major Darwin | 3 |
| Raymond Adamson | R.G.S. Member | 2 |
| Neil Stacy | Robert Scott | 2 |
| Victoria Fairbrother | Emily Dorman | 2 |
| Howard Bell | Sorlle | 2 |
| Leonard Maguire | Harry McNeish | 2 |
| Leslie Schofield | Ernie Joyce | 1 |
| Michael Sheard | Dr. Koettlitz | 1 |
| Kevin Whately | Jameson Adams | 1 |
| Benjamin Whitrow | Roald Amundsen | 1 |
| Ivor Roberts | Jacobsen | 1 |
| Anthony Bate | Lord Curzon | 1 |
| Joanna Phillips-Lane | 1st Girl | 1 |
| Victoria Fairbrother | Emily Shackleton | 1 |
| Roland Oliver | Scottish Porter | 1 |
| Richard Steele | Captain England | 1 |
| Howard Lee | Newsboy | 1 |