UK,
2005, 4 h 25 min
(Length: 87–89 min)
Directed by:
David AttwoodScreenplay:
Tony BasgallopCinematography:
Ulf BrantåsComposer:
Rob LaneCast:
Sam Neill, Jared Harris, Jamie Sives, Charles Dance, JJ Feild, Robert Hobbs, Cheryl Campbell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Newman, Victoria Hamilton (more)Episodes(3)
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Rites of Passage (E01)
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Close Quarters (E02)
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Fire Down Below (E03)
Plots(1)
Television drama charting the dazzling and hazardous sea journey from England to Australia in 1812 as experienced through the eyes of a young Englishman, Edmund Talbot. Based on the trilogy by William Golding, the bulk of the story is set on board a ship on the high seas towards the end of the Napoleonic War. (Dazzler Media)