SKATING on THIN ICE
THE NORTH WATER
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Coming soon to BBC First [119]
Filming gritty seafaring tale The North Water in the remote and unforgiving Arctic was a memorable experience for the topnotch cast.
Based on the novel by Ian McGuire, the highly anticipated drama begins in the northern English port of Hull in the late 1850s and is centred around Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs on as ship’s doctor for a whaling expedition aboard the Volunteer.
Hoping to escape his past, Sumner
