The North Water (TV series)

The North Water
GenreDrama
Mystery
Created byAndrew Haigh
Based onThe North Water
by Ian McGuire
Written byAndrew Haigh
Directed byAndrew Haigh
Starring
ComposerTim Hecker
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Canada[1]
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
ProducerKate Ogborn
CinematographyNicolas Bolduc
EditorsJonathan Alberts, Matthew Hannam
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 15 (2021-07-15) –
August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12)
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The North Water is a 2021 five-part television miniseries based on Ian McGuire's 2016 novel of the same name written and 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[2] and in Canada on Super Channel Fuse a week later on 19 September,[3] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "CBC/Radio-Canada and Super Channel partner with the BBC on UK/Canada co-production The North Water". CBC Media Center. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sam Roots (10 September 2021). "The North Water: Release date, cast, trailer and plot for BBC drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ Liam Lacey (1 September 2021). "The North Water: Is this foul 19th-century whaling ship series the anti-Ted Lasso?". Original Cin. Retrieved 30 November 2021.