The North Water (TV series)

The North Water is an upcoming BBC Two four-part limited television series, based on Ian McGuire's novel of the same name.

The North Water
Genre	Drama Mystery
Created by	Andrew Haigh
Based on	The North Water by Ian McGuire
Written by	Andrew Haigh
Directed by	Andrew Haigh
Starring	Colin Farrell Jack O'Connell Stephen Graham Tom Courtenay Peter Mullan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Iain Canning Niv Fichman Andrew Haigh Hakan Kousetta Jamie Laurenson Jo McClellan Emile Sherman
Producer	Kate Ogborn
Cinematography	Nicolas Bolduc
Editors	Jonathan Alberts, Matthew Hannam
Production company	See-Saw FilmsRhombus Media
Release
Original network	BBC Two

Premise

"Farrell plays Henry Drax in the drama, a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor. 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."[1]

Cast

• Colin Farrell as Henry Drax
• Jack O'Connell as Patrick Sumner
• Stephen Graham as Captain Brownlee
• Tom Courtenay as Baxter
• Lee Knight as Stevens
• Pål Espen Kilstad as The Norwegian
• Peter Mullan
• Gary Lamont as Webster [2]
• Eliza Butterworth as Heston [3]
• Mark Rowley as Bain
• Sam Spruell
• Roland Møller
• Philip Hill-Pearson
• Kieran Urquhart

Production

The series first began development in late 2016.[4][5][6][7]

It was announced in February 2019 that Colin Farrell has been cast to star in the miniseries.[1] Jack O'Connell was added in April.[8] with Stephen Graham, Tom Courtenay and Peter Mullan amongst additional cast announced. Filming of the drama started in October 2019, in Hungary,[9] on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard (Spitzbergen), with the production team journeying north as far as 81 degrees, to shoot pack ice sequences, which is purported to be the furthest point north any television drama has ever been filmed.[9]

Filming had to be paused when quite close to wrapping due to the coronavirus pandemic but additional filming was completed at a later date in the UK.[10]

References

1. White, Peter (19 February 2019). "Colin Farrell To Star In See-Saw Films' Arctic Whaling Drama The North Water For BBC".
2. "Gary Lamont filming The North Water". facebook.com. November 22, 2019.
3. "Eliza Butterworth - currently filming for the BBC Two four-part thriller The North Water". monstervoice.co.uk. 2020.
4. Tartaglione, Nancy (4 October 2017). "BBC Sets 'World On Fire' WWII Drama, 'The Trial Of Christine Keeler' & More".
5. Tartaglione, Nancy (17 October 2016). "Andrew Haigh Dives Into The North Water Limited Series From See-Saw, BBC – Mipcom".
6. "Colin Farrell to Star in BBC mini-series The North Water". www.hollywoodreporter.com.
7. "BBC - Colin Farrell boards Andrew Haigh's BBC Two series The North Water for See-Saw Films - Media Centre". BBC.
8. "'Godless' Jack O’Connell to Star in Andrew Haigh's BBC Adaptation of The North Water"
9. "The North Water: Stephen Graham, Tom Courtenay & Peter Mullan Round Out Cast For BBC Whaling Drama". deadline.com. November 7, 2019.
10. https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/drama/2020-10-05/the-north-water-release-date-bbc/amp/

External links

• The North Water at IMDb