The Search for the Nile (Documentary, English)
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1971-09-22
Ended: 1971-10-27
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Wednesday
Air time: 21:20
Runtime: 60 minutes
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....