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Treasure Island

★ 6.2 7K votes 2012–2012 1 season · 2 episodes Ended Sky One
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Barnaby KayElijah WoodMadhur MittalDaniel MaysGeoff BellRupert Penry-Jones
Starring
Barnaby KayElijah WoodMadhur MittalDaniel MaysGeoff BellRupert Penry-Jones
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"A classic pirate tale reimagined with moral shades"

This two-part miniseries retells Robert Louis Stevenson's classic: young Jim Hawkins stumbles onto a map leading to buried treasure and joins a sea voyage crewed by the enigmatic, morally slippery Long John Silver. The story unfolds as a tense battle between greed, loyalty and survival aboard a ship where nothing is quite what it seems. Visually lush and deliberately paced, it leans on strong performances and atmosphere rather than nonstop action, making it feel more like a character study wrapped in an adventure than a swashbuckling romp.

Watch it for

the nuanced, morally ambiguous performance as Long John Silver anchors the whole story.

Maybe skip if

you want fast, action-driven pacing rather than a slower, character-focused mini-series.

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All Seasons

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Season 12012
7.05623h 3m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Treasure Island: Part 16.9
3090 min
▶2Treasure Island: Part 27.1
2693 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Barnaby Kay Tom Morgan
Elijah Wood Ben Gunn
Madhur Mittal Dick Johnson
Daniel Mays Dr. Livesey
Geoff Bell Israel Hands
Rupert Penry-Jones Trelawney
Eddie Izzard Silver
Chu Omambala Job Anderson
Donald Sutherland Flint
David Wilmot William O'Brien

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