The Search for the Nile

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The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service of faith, greed, and obsession.

Production

Production

Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 1971

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1. The Dream of the Wanderer

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2. Discovery and Betrayal

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3. The Secret Fountains

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4. The Great Debate

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5. Find Livingstone

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6. Conquest and Death

Cast

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André van Gyseghem

Sir Roderick Murchison

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Kenneth Haigh

Sir Richard F. Burton

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Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Isabelle Arundell

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John Quentin

John Hanning Speke

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Michael Gough

David Livingstone

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James Mason

Narrator

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Ian McCulloch

James Grant

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Catherine Schell

Florence Baker

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Norman Rossington

Samuel Baker

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