Klondike (miniseries)
| Klondike | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Production | |
| 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 |
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.