2. Episode 2 (2002)
With their ship trapped, Shackleton and his men are forced onto the ice, and it becomes clear that the only way out is to haul boats across the ice floes to the sea. Against all odds, the men reach the water and endure a ninety-mile journey across the South Atlantic to Elephant Island.
Release date: 2002-01-03
Season number: 1
Episode number: 2
Runtime: 103 minutes
Director: Charles Sturridge
Writer: Charles Sturridge
Guest stars
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
as Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
Phoebe Nicholls
as Emily Shackleton
Eve Best
as Eleanor Shackleton
Mark Tandy
as Frank Shackleton
Ian Mercer
as Ernest Holness
Lorcan Cranitch
as Frank Wild
Kevin McNally
as Frank Worsley
Ken Drury
as Henry Mcneish
Shaun Dooley
as Hubert Hudson
Pip Torrens
as James McIlroy
Jamie Lee
as James Wordie
Corin Redgrave
as Lord Curzon
Danny Webb
as Perris
Embeth Davidtz
as Rosalind Chetwynd
Mark McGann
as Tom Crean
Nicholas Rowe
as Thomas Orde-Lees
Nigel Whitmey
as William Blakewell
Chris Larkin
as George Marston
Craig Cheetham
as Walter How
Celyn Jones
as Perce Blackborow
Paul Bigley
as Charles Green
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Nicholas Hewetson - Alexander Macklin, Christian Steel - Leonard Hussey, Matt Day - Frank Hurley