<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article possibly contains original research . Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . Statements consisting only of original research should be removed . (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article possibly contains original research . Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations . Statements consisting only of original research should be removed . (May 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> To the Ends of the Earth is the name given to a trilogy of nautical, relational novels--Rites of Passage (1980), Close Quarters (1987), and Fire Down Below (1989)--that were written by William Golding . The British writer won the Nobel Prize in 1983 . These three novels, set on a British former man - of - war transporting migrants to Australia in the early 19th century, explore themes of class (assumed status) and man's reversion to savagery when isolated, in this case, the closed society of the ship's passengers and crew . </P> <P> The first of the books, Rites, was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 1980 . The trilogy as a whole was adapted by the late Leigh Jackson and Tony Basgallop for a 2005 BBC drama mini-series of the same name, directed by David Attwood and starring Benedict Cumberbatch . It aired in the United States in PBS' 2006 season of Masterpiece Theatre . It became available in 2016 on Netflix and Hulu streaming . </P>

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