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