The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

该片改编自法国科幻小说家儒勒·凡尔纳的小说《格兰特船长的儿女》，故事设定在1864年。苏格兰贵族格里那凡爵士身为“邓肯号”游船的船主，从海上漂流物中得到一份文件，获悉两年前海上遇难失踪的苏格兰航海家格兰特船长仍在世。于是，他果断带着船长的女儿玛丽和儿子罗伯特等人，驾驶自己的游船前去寻找并营救。由于文件内容残缺，他们先是误抵美洲大陆，随后前往澳洲，期间经历了重重难以想象的艰难险阻。

在《捉賊記》（1955）與嘉麗絲姬莉調情，《花都奇遇結良緣》（1963）迷倒柯德莉夏萍，《奪魄驚魂》（1959） 驚險避過飛機俯衝追殺，加利格蘭堪稱荷里活一代男神，風度翩翩風流倜儻，但巨星光芒背後，原來有着難解心結。生於裁縫之家，母親因病被送走，自小缺乏母愛， 令他嚴重欠缺自信及安全感，多段婚姻均以失敗收場，借助精神藥物才把心病治好。本片以加利格蘭未曾出版的自傳為骨幹，既是他由窮家小子到成為奧斯卡終身成就獎得主的心路，也是他尋覓自我、面對心魔的歷程。

BBC Two宣布会制作一部60分钟的Hugh Grant题材纪录片《萤幕上的休·格兰特 Hugh Grant: A Life On Screen》，当中讲述他一开始以喜剧团队「The Jockeys of Norfolk」出道﹑然后因演出《四个婚礼和一个葬礼 Four Weddings and a Funeral》而有所突破，最后转到他上年主演剧集《英国式丑闻 A Very English Scandal》等的经历。 除了会有Hugh Grant本人的采访，Andie MacDowell﹑Richard Curtis﹑Sandra Bullock及Colin Firth亦会回忆他们与Hugh Grant之间的合作。

一个名叫格兰特的船长被困在南纬37线的某个地方。船主格伦纳凡为营救格兰特多方求助未果，在格兰特船长的儿女玛丽和罗伯特的请求下，毅然决定驾自己的邓肯号出航寻找。

At the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous man in the world and stood alongside men like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the pantheon of American heroes. However, today Ulysses S. Grant is largely forgotten, his rightful legacy tarnished by a fog of myth, rumor and falsehood. Grant tells the remarkable and quintessentially American story of a humble man who overcomes incredible obstacles, rises to the highest ranks of power and saves the nation not once, but twice. With a seamless blend of dramatic scenes, expert commentary and beautifully enhanced archival imagery, this three-part miniseries uncovers the true legacy of the unlikely hero who led the nation during its greatest tests: the Civil War and Reconstruction. Born into a humble family of abolitionists, Ulysses S. Grant was never destined for greatness. At a time when the nation is being ripped apart over the issue of slavery, Grant marries into a slave-holding family and is forced to confront his own feelings about equality. As the country falls apart around him, Grant bounces from job to job, at one point selling firewood on the streets to buy food for his family. Just a few years later, this quiet, unassuming man is in command of a million men, and it is his ingenious strategy and bulldog determination that wins the Civil War, re-unifies the Nation and helps bring freedom to 4 million former slaves. Widely regarded as the greatest general of his generation, Grant is called to duty again to serve as president. In the face of huge obstacles, Grant reunifies a fractured nation, battles the KKK and emerges as a champion of civil rights and equality for all Americans. Grant’s meteoric rise is one of the unlikeliest stories in American history, but it wasn’t luck, it didn’t just happen by accident and it wasn’t easy. With gritty depictions of brutal battles, risky gambles, crushing setbacks and triumphant victories, Grant will take the viewer inside the moments that defined Grant and forever changed our nation.

《格兰特船长的儿女》的故事发生在1864年。苏格兰贵族格里那凡爵士是邓肯号游船的船主,他从海上的漂流物里获得了一份文件,从中得知两年前在海上遇难失踪的苏格兰航海家格兰特船长尚在人间,于是毅然带着船长的女儿玛丽和儿子罗伯特等人,驾驶着自己的游船去寻找和营救。 他们到达南美后横穿美洲大陆,最后发现船长的遇难地点是在澳大利亚海岸。他们乘船到达澳大利亚后,遇见了船长原来的水手艾尔顿,上了这个海盗头子的当,又横穿澳洲大陆,被土人俘获后陷入绝境。 他们逃脱后决定把艾尔顿丢弃在太平洋里荒凉的塔博尔岛上,不料在岛上巧遇格兰特船长,于是一起胜利地回到了苏格兰。 本书还描写了人们在大自然里的种种奇遇,其中有地震,有飓风,有狼群;有几百头牛一起陷入泥潭,滔滔的洪水使平原变成海洋;有他们逃离被闪电击中的大树,又碰上潜伏在水里的鳄鱼;真可谓千难万险,扣人心弦。 更为动人的是,格兰特船长为了反对英格兰对苏格兰的奴役,到太平洋里去为苏格兰侨民寻找移民的岛屿而遇难,而格雷那万爵士则为了救他的同胞而不惜一切。他们英勇顽强、不畏艰险,体现了凡尔纳反对奴隶制和殖民主义的进步思想,显示出维护社会正义的高尚品质和崇高的人道主义精神。 这是一个满腹激情与神秘的故事。格里那凡爵士拾获的“天平鱼”（是一种海中极凶猛的鲨鱼）腹中那神秘的漂流瓶，是失事船只的求救信还是航海者无聊时写的打油诗？是信！是三章分别用英文，法文和德文写的求救信，这三张被海水侵蚀得残缺不全的求救信引起了航海者们极大的探索兴趣。他们分别把信上所能看清的词汇翻译了出来，然后汇集成一种语言连猜带想的把这封求救信填补全了，是的，的确是一封求救信！是格兰特船长的求救信。他在一个纬度37.11’的地方被印第安人逮捕。机智的格里那凡爵士，慈祥温柔的海伦夫人，深沉稳中的麦克那布斯少校，粗心大意却精通地理学的巴加内尔地理学家，还有格兰特船长两个坚强的儿女：坚毅刚强的格兰特小姐和勇敢的小罗伯尔，精通航线的孟格尔船长以及奥斯丁这充分值得信赖的老水手。他们乘坐着邓肯号，走向拯救格兰特船长的冒险之路…… 本片根据以上小说故事改编拍摄。

The son and daughter of a lost-at-sea captain recruit help to find him on the basis of an incomplete note found in a bottle, and encounter adventures in Patagonia, Australia, and New Zealand... Based on Jules Verne novel.