{"id":1325,"date":"2021-03-08T12:13:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T12:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/?p=1325"},"modified":"2023-12-19T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T14:32:41","slug":"the-terror-terrible-tale-of-a-doomed-arctic-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/the-terror-terrible-tale-of-a-doomed-arctic-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"The Terror &#8211; Terrible Tale of a Doomed Arctic Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_the_Terror_on_BBC_iPlayer\"><\/span>Watch the Terror on BBC iPlayer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Terror is Ridley Scott&#8217;s acclaimed horror drama inspired by a real life tragedy that happened in 1845.\u00a0 \u00a0Although we still don&#8217;t know exactly what really happened to the Royal Navy expedition to find the infamous North West Passage.\u00a0 \u00a0This was supposedly a polar ocean that would allow a huge short cut to the Pacific around the North Pole.\u00a0 Unfortunately it doesn&#8217;t exist and the two ships &#8211; The Erebus and The Terror, plus the crew of 149 vanished without a trace while searching for this short cut!\u00a0 The actual ship wrecks were located in 2014\u00a0 south of King William Island in the Arctic sea and are now a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wrecks_of_HMS_Erebus_and_HMS_Terror_National_Historic_Site\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian National Historic site<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/the-terror-terrible-tale-of-a-doomed-arctic-voyage\/#Watch_the_Terror_on_BBC_iPlayer\" >Watch the Terror on BBC iPlayer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/the-terror-terrible-tale-of-a-doomed-arctic-voyage\/#Where_to_Watch_the_Terror\" >Where to Watch the Terror<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_1326\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HMS-terror.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1326\" class=\"wp-image-1326 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HMS-terror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HMS-terror.jpg 900w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HMS-terror-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HMS-terror-768x491.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">HMS Terror &#8211; Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No one knows exactly what happened to the real expedition, apart from there were no survivors.\u00a0 The Terror is a fictional tale but many of the events depicted are believed to have actually occurred &#8211; certainly the starvation, the lead poisoning and possibly even cannibalization.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s taken a while to get to the UK and <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-watch-british-tv-in-america-on-your-computer\/\">British TV<\/a>, after having been premiered on US screens over three years ago but finally it&#8217;s been broadcast on the BBC.\u00a0 \u00a0Which of course means the full ten episodes are now available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/p0954rmr\/the-terror-series-1-10-we-are-gone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC iPlayer<\/a> and should be accessible on the archive until March 2022.\u00a0 \u00a0If you love period drama which is beautifully portrayed then you must watch it.\u00a0 If\u00a0 you love horror and supernatural themes as well then it&#8217;s a must watch series.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_to_Watch_the_Terror\"><\/span>Where to Watch the Terror<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The detail and historical accuracy is breath taking, most of the characters depicted existed in real life.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no Hollywood factor here, there&#8217;s been a real effort to try and portray the situation the crew found themselves in &#8211; their ships locked in the ice hundreds of miles from civilization while their supplies slowly dwindled.\u00a0 The captains of the two ships were Sir John Franklin (Ciaran Hinds) and Francis Crozier (Jared Harris), the true leaders of this doomed expedition.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dUZKjdewbZQ\" width=\"660\" height=\"515\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center>As you can probably see from the trailer, the production values are superb. The desperate situation grows throughout the show, probably portraying many of the same dilemmas faced by the crew at the time. There is a story telling aspect with a supernatural element to add to the tale. However it&#8217;s almost not needed, the growing horror of their situation is very evident in the screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>This is no tale with a happy ending, there&#8217;s a sense of doom very evident from the beginning of the series. The reason that the drama is so gripping is the way it grows slowly and inevitably throughout the shows. Slowly their options are reduced and yet apart from the a couple of bad decisions initially, there seems little the crew can do to thwart their fate. It&#8217;s wonderful TV and shows how well horror can work in these longer adaptions. It could have been a great film too, yet the story works much better with the slow burn approach. You can even see Captain Crozier slowly sinking into alcoholism as he drinks whisky partly to keep out the cold but also to numb the hopelessness of their situation.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s well worth watching, and I&#8217;m sure many will enjoy it. If you did miss it in the USA, then you can stream the <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/how-to-stream-bbc-in-the-usa\/\">BBC using a VPN<\/a> easily enough.\u00a0 If you want to read more about the real story of the Erebus, Michael Palin wrote a book about the history in 2018 called Erebus: The Story of a Ship. The book was also dramatized on Radio 4 but unfortunately is not currently <a href=\"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/bbc-sounds-not-available-in-your-location\/\">available on BBC Sounds<\/a> but should be at some point in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch the Terror on BBC iPlayer The Terror is Ridley Scott&#8217;s acclaimed horror drama inspired by a real life tragedy that happened in 1845.\u00a0 \u00a0Although we still don&#8217;t know exactly what really happened to the Royal Navy expedition to find the infamous North West Passage.\u00a0 \u00a0This was supposedly a polar ocean that would allow a huge short cut to the Pacific around the North Pole.\u00a0 Unfortunately it doesn&#8217;t exist and the two ships &#8211; The Erebus and The Terror, plus the crew of 149 vanished without a trace while searching for this short cut!\u00a0 The actual ship wrecks were located <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"categories":[37,41,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc","category-history","category-uk-tv","has_thumb"],"modified_by":"dotslash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1325"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2358,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1325\/revisions\/2358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iplayerusa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}