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.
Narrator
Sir Richard Francis Burton
John Hanning Speke
Isabel Arundell, Isabel Burton
David Livingstone
Sir Roderick Murchison
Captain James Grant
Samuel Baker
Bombay
Sheik Snay, Salim
Lawrence Oliphant
Henry Morton Stanley
King Mutesa
Kalulu
Florence Baker
Blanche Arundell
Mrs Arundell
Louisa Segrave
Colonel Sykes
Saunders
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Created by
Derek Marlowe·Michael Hastings
Top cast
James Mason·Kenneth Haigh·John Quentin·Barbara Leigh-Hunt·Michael Gough·André van Gyseghem·Ian McCulloch·Norman Rossington