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....
Show Info
Network: BBC Two
(1971 -
1971)
Schedule: Wednesdays at 21:20
(60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Documentary
(waiting for more votes)
Previous Episode
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…
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x06: Conquest and Death | Oct 27, 1971 | |
1x05: Find Livingstone | Oct 20, 1971 | |
1x04: The Great Debate | Oct 13, 1971 |