Summary Edmund acts as a witness to the wedding between the injured Prettiman and Miss Granham, with flowers grown by the captain in his window boxes. Despite initial animosity towards him Edmund starts to show some admiration for the older man's liberal ideas. With the mast broken the ship is drifting perilously close to an ice-field but Benet saves the situation by pouring molten lead into the mast's base, which steadies it and the ship reaches Sydney safely. Due to Edmund's influence Summers is given his own ship but dies when it catches fire though for Edmund there is a happy ending as he is reconciled with Marion, who has also arrived in Sydney.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Jared Harris Benedict Cumberbatch Jamie Sives Richard McCabe
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jul 19, 2005
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : BBC Official PBS/Masterpiece Theatre
Language : English
Filming locations : Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Power Powercorp
Summary Edmund acts as a witness to the wedding between the injured Prettiman and Miss Granham, with flowers grown by the captain in his window boxes. Despite initial animosity towards him Edmund starts to show some admiration for the older man's liberal ideas. With the mast broken the ship is drifting perilously close to an ice-field but Benet saves the situation by pouring molten lead into the mast's base, which steadies it and the ship reaches Sydney safely. Due to Edmund's influence Summers is given his own ship but dies when it catches fire though for Edmund there is a happy ending as he is reconciled with Marion, who has also arrived in Sydney.
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jul 19, 2005
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Official sites : BBC Official PBS/Masterpiece Theatre
Language : English
Filming locations : Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Power Powercorp