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The Search for the Nile

In the middle of the 19th Century and at the height of Britain s imperial power, an unsolved mystery lay in the very heart of Africa; the mystery of the source of the Nile. It was a challenge that attracted a handful of extraordinary men: a challenge strong enough to reveal the best, and the worst, in all of them. Before long, it was to become an obsession....

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Network: United Kingdom BBC Two (1971 - 1971)
Schedule: Wednesdays at 21:20 (60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type: Documentary

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Conquest and Death

Episode 1x06; Oct 27, 1971

His expeditions were like a red-hot poker drawn across a blanket. With a dedicated ruthlessness, Henry Stanley set out to solve the problems surrounding the source of the Nile that had obsessed Victorian England for so long. Meanwhile Richard Burton

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Episode NameAirdateTrailer
1x06: Conquest and DeathOct 27, 1971
1x05: Find LivingstoneOct 20, 1971
1x04: The Great DebateOct 13, 1971
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