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To the Ends of the Earth

Drama, History · 2005

Last aired: S1 E3, Fire Down Below · 2005-07-20

In 1812, young British aristocrat Edmund Talbot travels by ship to Australia, and learns more about himself and about life than he had ever bargained for.

Cast

Sam Neill Mr. Prettiman

Benedict Cumberbatch Edmund Talbot

Brian Pettifer Wheeler

Victoria Hamilton Miss Granham

Chris Walker Oldmeadow

Daniel Evans Parson Colley

JJ Feild Lieutenant Deverel

Jamie Sives 1st Lieutenant Summers

Jared Harris Captain Anderson

Robert Hobbs Lieutenant Cumbersham

Theo Landey Bates

Tim Delap Mr. Bowles

Season 1

E1 Rites of Passage 2005-07-06 · 90 min Edmund Talbot is on his way to Australia to take up a government post, secured for him by his rich and influential Godfather. He is young, witty, naive and all set for adventure and bravery in the face of whatever a long sea voyage might throw at him. However, his immaturity, vanity and haughtily cocksure perception of the world make him ripe for emotional and intellectual lessons.

E2 Close Quarters 2005-07-13 · 90 min Tensions grow within the close confines of the ship. The safety of the increasingly dilapidated hulk is by no means assured and the situation is worsened when the foremast is damaged.

E3 Fire Down Below 2005-07-20 · 90 min Edmund is obsessed by his memories of the beautiful Marion. He agrees to be a witness at the wedding of Prettiman and Miss Granham with whom he has established a friendship. Having despised Prettiman previously for his radical opinions, he now finds himself being converted to a more liberal understanding of the world.

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