Klondike | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike by Charlotte Gray |
Screenplay by | Paul Scheuring Josh Goldin Rachel Abramowitz |
Directed by | Simon Cellan Jones |
Starring | Abbie Cornish Marton Csokas Ian Hart Greg Lawson Conor Leslie Richard Madden Tim Blake Nelson Augustus Prew Johnny Simmons Tim Roth Sam Shepard |
Theme music composer | Adrian Johnston |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 3 |
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Producers | Ridley Scott Paul Scheuring David W. Zucker John Morayniss Michael Rosenberg Eileen O'Neill Dolores Gavin Chad Oakes Mike Frislev Clara George Josh Goldin Rachel Abramowitz |
Cinematography | Mike Eley |
Editors | Oral Norrie Ottey Kristina Hetherington |
Running time | 272 minutes |
Production companies | Scott Free Productions Discovery Channel Entertainment One Nomadic Pictures |
Original release | |
Network | Discovery Channel |
Release | January 20 January 22, 2014 | –
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Klondike is a three-part miniseries about the Klondike Gold Rush that was broadcast by the Discovery Channel on January 20–22, 2014. Based on Charlotte Gray's novel Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike, it is the Discovery Channel's first scripted miniseries. Klondike was directed by Simon Cellan Jones and stars Richard Madden as Bill Haskell, a real-life adventurer who traveled to Yukon, Canada, in the late 1890s during the gold rush.