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The North Water: trailer

Upcoming captivating drama is filmed on the ice floes of the Arctic.

A captivating trailer has been released for The North Water, a new drama coming to BBC First.

The drama from See-Saw Films, stars Jack O’Connell, Colin Farrell and Stephen Graham.

Adapted for the screen and directed by Andrew Haigh, the series also includes Tom Courtenay, Sam Spruell and Roland Møller.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Ian McGuire, the five-part series tells the story of Patrick Sumner (O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates, with Drax (Farrell), a harpooner and distinctly brutal force of nature. As the true purpose of the expedition becomes clear, confrontation between the two men erupts, taking them on a journey far from solid ground and beyond the safe moorings of civilisation.

Set in Hull and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The North Water’s location work took place primarily in the Arctic, shooting on the frozen seas north of the Svalbard Archipelago. The cast and production team sailed as far as 81 degrees north to film sequences in the pack ice, the furthest point north it is believed a drama series has ever filmed before.

A date is yet to be announced.

One Response

  1. Amazing looking series especially if it is in High Definition, all it needed was harsh environment veteran Liam Neeson and the deep frozen cast would have been complete. The logistics of making this series probably deserved a show of its own.
    North Water would have looked better in UHD on Netflix instead of SDR which poses as HD on Foxtel (Binge) but it is what it is.

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