I give this series a 4.5 out of 5.
Starring Jared Harris (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Boxtrolls) as Francis Crozier, Tobias Menzies (Casino Royale, Atonement, Rome, Forget Me Not) as James Fitzjames, Ciaran Hinds (The Woman in Black, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Rome, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) as John Franklin, Paul Ready (Utopia, Cuffs, The Tunnel, Bodyguard) as Harry Goodsir, Adam Nagaitis (The Commuter, The Man with the Iron Heart, To Walk Invisible: The Bronte Sisters, Houdini and Doyle) as Cornelius Hickey, Ian Hart (Backbeat, Enemy of the State, Michael Collins, The Last Ferry) as Thomas Blanky, introducing Nive Nielsen (The New World) as Lady Silence, Christos Lawton (Hugo, Downton Abbey, The Invisible Woman, The Last Kingdom) as George Hodgson, Sebastian Armesto (Anonymous, The Tudors, Marie Antoinette, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranget Tides) as Charles Des Voeux, Jack Colgrave Hirst (Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet, Stan Lee' s Lucky Man, The Trials of Jimmy Rose) as Tom Hartnell, Matthew McNulty (The Syndicate, Misfits, Jamaica Inn, The Musketeers) as Little, Liam Garrigan (Transformers: The Last Knight, Strike Back, The Legend of Hercules, The End of the World As We Know It) as Thomas Jopson, David Walmsley (Ben-Hur, Peter Pan, The Smoke, Of Kings and Prophets) as Sgt. Solomon Tozer, Ronan Raftery (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Siege of Jadotville, Moone Boy, Mortal Engines) as Lt. John Irving/ John Irving, Chris Corrigan (The Fall, The Rack Pack, Mickybo and Me, Snare) as John Dinggle, Mikey Collins (Dunkirk, Hunter Killer, Trautmann, Reg) as Robert Golding, Edward Ashley (The Lost City of Z, In the Heart of the Sea, Sense8, Lungs) as William Gibson and Stephen Thompson (The Mummy, Legend, In the Flesh, Stan Lee' s Lucky Man) as Magnus Manson.