Shackleton (1983 TV series)

Shackleton is a British period television drama series which aired in four parts on BBC 2 in 1983. 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

 * 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