BAFTA TV AWARDS® 6X nominee

To The Ends Of The Earth

Season 1

Based on the classic William Golding trilogy of novels To the Ends of the Earth tells the story of a young Englishman and aristocrat Edmund Talbot (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his long, dazzling and hazardous sea journey in 1812 from England to Australia.

IMDb 7.120053 episodes

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Drama

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S1 E1 - Rites of Passage
July 5, 2005
1 h 29 min
16+
Young aristocrat, Edmund Talbot embarks on a long and hazardous sea journey from England to Australia on an ancient, decrepit 18th century wooden warship in this darkly comic film of William Golding's prize winning novel.
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S1 E2 - Close Quarters
July 12, 2005
1 h 27 min
13+
Edmund Talbot continues his hazardous journey to Australia on a ship that is beleaguered with problems as they are borne back into the doldrums. The monotony is shattered when a French warship is seen on the horizon.
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S1 E3 - Fire Down Below
July 19, 2005
1 h 29 min
13+
As the decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove the passengers are suffering badly from the motion of the damaged ship which has been blown off course. Edmund is given the task of persuading the irascible Captain Anderson to find a smoother route.
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