THE WHALE on BBC One
Make sure you catch exciting new one-off drama THE WHALE on BBC 1 this Sunday 22nd December at 9pm.
David Gyasi and Martin Marquez star alongside Jonas Armstrong, Martin Sheen and Paul Kaye in this drama about the fateful last voyage of the 19th-century Nantucket whaling ship, “Essex”, which was attacked and sunk by a whale in 1820, leaving the crew struggling to survive in three smaller boats. Stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the men must decide whether to head for the nearest islands, 1,000 miles downwind to the west, or set out on an epic journey of almost 3,000 miles to reach the South American mainland.
Seen through the eyes of 14-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, the incident went on to inspire Herman Melville's book, Moby-Dick.
View the trailer here.