Klondike (miniseries)

Klondike
GenreHistorical drama
Based onGold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike
by Charlotte Gray
Screenplay byPaul Scheuring
Josh Goldin
Rachel Abramowitz
Directed bySimon Cellan Jones
StarringAbbie Cornish
Marton Csokas
Ian Hart
Greg Lawson
Conor Leslie
Richard Madden
Tim Blake Nelson
Augustus Prew
Johnny Simmons
Tim Roth
Sam Shepard
Theme music composerAdrian Johnston
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes3
Production
ProducersRidley 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
CinematographyMike Eley
EditorsOral Norrie Ottey
Kristina Hetherington
Running time272 minutes
Production companiesScott Free Productions
Discovery Channel
Entertainment One
Nomadic Pictures
Original release
NetworkDiscovery Channel
ReleaseJanuary 20 (2014-01-20) –
January 22, 2014 (2014-01-22)
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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.