The Search for the Nile (1971)

6.0 (3 votes)

1 Season

September 22, 1971

English

Drama Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Network

BBC One

Episodes

The Dream of the Wanderer

Sep 22, 1971

57 min

No description available.

Discovery and Betrayal

Sep 29, 1971

58 min

No description available.

The Secret Fountains

Oct 6, 1971

58 min

No description available.

The Great Debate

Oct 13, 1971

58 min

No description available.

Find Livingstone

Oct 20, 1971

58 min

No description available.

Conquest and Death

Oct 27, 1971

58 min

No description available.

Cast

André van Gyseghem

Sir Roderick Murchison

Kenneth Haigh

Sir Richard F. Burton

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Isabelle Arundell

John Quentin

John Hanning Speke

Michael Gough

David Livingstone

James Mason

Narrator

Ian McCulloch

James Grant

Catherine Schell

Florence Baker

Oliver Litondo

King Mutesa

Norman Rossington

Samuel Baker

Seth Adagala

Bombay

Details

Original Title

The Search for the Nile

Status

Ended

Seasons

Episodes

Production

BBC, Time-Life Television Productions