The North Water
2021 · BBC iPlayer · 59 min · 1 season
S01E05 · To Live Is to Suffer
Sat, 11 Sept, 6:30 am
After healing in a missionary cabin, Sumner returns to Hull to demand money from Baxter to start a new life. Can he outrun his demons, and has he really seen the last of Henry Drax?
About
Set in the UK and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, The North Water tells the story of Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as ship's doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. On board he meets Henry Drax, the harpooner, a brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world. Hoping to escape the horrors of his past, Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey with a murderous psychopath. In search of redemption, his story becomes a harsh struggle for survival in the Arctic wasteland.
Episodes
- E01
Behold The Man
Sat, 11 Sept· 60 minHoping to escape the horrors of his past, Patrick Sumner finds himself on an ill-fated journey to the arctic that throws him into the path of brutish harpooner Henry Drax.
- E02
We Men Are Wretched Things
Sat, 11 Sept· 60 minSumner's adventure turns into a nightmare when one of the crew is murdered. There's no proof, but Sumner can't escape a feeling that Henry Drax is the true culprit.
- E03
Homo Homini Lupus
Sat, 11 Sept· 59 minA discovery by Sumner sends Drax into a murderous rage. Cavendish proves crucial in Baxter and Brownlee's plan. An arctic storm rages and threatens the safety of the ship's crew.
- E04
The Devils of the Earth
Sat, 11 Sept· 60 minDrax has a plan. Sumner seeks salvation, but strays too far into the ice.
- E05
To Live Is to Suffer
Sat, 11 Sept· 57 minAfter healing in a missionary cabin, Sumner returns to Hull to demand money from Baxter to start a new life. Can he outrun his demons, and has he really seen the last of Henry Drax?
Cast
Colin Farrell
Henry Drax
Jack O'Connell
Patrick Sumner
Sam Spruell
Michael Cavendish
Roland Møller
Otto
Philip Hill-Pearson
Samuel McKendrick
Gary Lamont
Webster
Gerry Lynch
Cook
