The North Water

The North Water is a 2021 five-part television miniseries based on Ian McGuire's 2016 novel of the same name directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell. An international co-production between British public broadcaster BBC, and Canadian English-language public broadcaster CBC Television, in association with Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and CBC Television's French-language counterpart ICI Radio-Canada Télé, the series first premiered in the United States on AMC+ on 15 July 2021 before premiering in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 10 September 2021 and in Canada on Super Channel Fuse a week later on 19 September, followed by a nationwide broadcast in the country on CBC Television in English and ICI Radio-Canada Télé in French, with video on demand availability on the CBC Gem and ICI TOU.TV services in both respective languages. Premise The series is set in the year 1859 on a whaling expedition in the Arctic. On board the vessel are Patrick Sumner, the ship's surgeon and a man with a past, and Henry Drax, a harpooner and a thug. As well as whaling, the series depicts the slaughter of seals, and rape and murder aboard the ship. The ship's captain has conspired with its owner to sink the vessel for insurance purposes, but when it goes down, the ship that was supposed to rescue the crew is unable to reach them. As the men die one by one, Sumner is forced to battle not only the elements, but also the murderous Drax. Cast Jack O'Connell as Patrick Sumner Colin Farrell as Henry Drax Stephen Graham as Captain Arthur Brownlee Tom Courtenay as Baxter Sam Spruell as Michael Cavendish Peter Mullan as the Priest Roland Møller as Otto Kieran Urquhart as Jones Philip Hill-Pearson as McKendrick Nive Nielsen as Anna Jonathan Aris as Corbyn Lee Knight as Stevens Gary Lamont as Webster Eliza Butterworth as Hester Mark Rowley as Bain Keenan Carpenter as Merok Stephen McMillan as Joseph Hannah Rishi Kuppa as Gaurav Episodes