Klondike (Discovery Channel)

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This is Discovery's first fully scripted series, a dramatisation of the Yukon Gold Rush in the 1890s. Full details here:

Starring homegrown talent including Richard Madden, Tim Roth, Ian Hart and Augustus Prew, the show has already been a ratings hit in the US pulling in 3.4 million viewers for its first episode. The five-part series tells the powerful story of the last great Gold Rush in our history.

Klondike is based on the book Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike by Charlotte Gray. It brings to life the tale of seven strangers and their collective fight for survival and wealth in a small, frontier town in the remote Klondike. The journey begins in 1897 when two childhood best friends, Bill (Madden) and Epstein (Prew) make the perilous journey through the North American wilderness to Klondike boom town Dawson City, “The Paris of the North,” where neither law nor order prevailed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfCMAdVE6VI

Metacritic's verdict so far: generally favourable. :cool:

Each episode is repeated six times over the week, starting at 9PM on Thursday (2h episode).

JP Liz V1

Has it already started here?

JONJO THE MISER

Must watch this, spent a summer in the Klondike(Dawson city).