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The Search for the Nile(1971)

19711 season6 episodes

Drama Documentary

63%User score 63 percent

User Score

4 votes

Overview

The Search for the Nile is a 1971 BBC One docudrama miniseries about the 19th-century European quest to find the source of the Nile River, focusing on explorers like Richard Burton, John Hanning Speke, and David Livingstone. The acclaimed six-part series, starring Kenneth Haigh as Burton, is known for its detailed portrayal of the explorers' hardships, rivalries, and discoveries, winning a Primetime Emmy and a Peabody Award.

Created by: Derek Marlowe, Michael Hastings

Seasons(1)

Miniseries1971 · 6 episodesSeptember 21, 1971

Season list for The Search for the Nile

Top Billed Cast

James Mason
Narrator
Kenneth Haigh
Sir Richard Francis Burton

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The Search for the Nile (1971) | Watch Free Online Movies

John Quentin

John Hanning Speke

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Isabel Burton, Isabel Arundell

Michael Gough

David Livingstone

André van Gyseghem

Sir Roderick Murchison

Ian McCulloch

Captain James Grant

Norman Rossington

Samuel Baker

David Firth

Lawrence Oliphant

Keith Buckley

Henry Morton Stanley

Catherine Schell

Florence Baker

Doran Godwin

Louisa Segrave

Edward Burnham

Colonel Sykes

James Warwick

Reporter

Hedger Wallace

Fuller

John Wentworth

Doctor

Kenneth Benda

Sir Henry Rawlinson

Bob Sessions

Gordon Bennett

Seth Adagala

Bombay

Salim Mohamed

Sheik Snay, Salim

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Facts

Status: Ended
Type: Miniseries
Original name: The Search for the Nile
First aired: September 22, 1971
Last aired: October 27, 1971
Network: BBC One
Original language: English

Keywords

miniseries
docudrama
historical drama
19th century