IN THE HEART Of THE SEA

epic Whaling tale

An exhilarating factbased seafaring adventure about the sinking, in 1820, of the whaling ship Essex, a tragedy that partly inspired Herman Melville’s classic MobyDick. The ship is manned by Cillian Murphy, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Holland, with Ben Whishaw as the writer hearing the story back on dry land. Wednesday, 10.40pm, BBC1