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Go for Broke
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Autumn, 1846. Two ships seeking the fabled Northwest Passage around Canada get caught in the Arctic ice.
Autumn, 1846. Over a year into seeking a passage around the north of Canada through icy Arctic seas, Sir John Franklin reckons his two ships are just weeks from success. But his dour deputy Francis Crozier fears otherwise, and a couple of deaths have started to spook the crewmen.
Inspired by the true-life unexplained fate of the exploration vessels Erebus and Terror.
Last on
Tue 5 Jul 202200:30
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Francis Crozier | Jared Harris |
| Sir John Franklin | Ciarán Hinds |
| James Fitzjames | Tobias Menzies |
| Henry Goodsir | Paul Ready |
| Cornelius Hickey | Adam Nagaitis |
| Thomas Blanky | Ian Hart |
| 'Lady Silence' | Nive Nielsen |
| Henry Collins | Trystan Gravelle |
| Dr Stanley | Alistair Petrie |
| Lady Jane Franklin | Greta Scacchi |
| Lt Edward Little | Matthew McNulty |
| Thomas Jopson | Liam Garrigan |
| William Gibson | Edward Ashley |
| Dr MacDonald | Charles Edwards |
| Lt. John Irving | Ronan Raftery |
| John Bridgens | John Lynch |
| John Morfin | Anthony Flanagan |
| Sophia Cracroft | Sian Brooke |
| Sgt Solomon Tozer | David Walmsley |
| Lt Graham Gore | Tom Weston-Jones |
| David Young | Alfie Kingsnorth |
| Lt George Hodgson | Christos Lawton |
| Sir John Ross | Clive Russell |
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