The Search for the Nile(1971)
series - first aired/released 1971-09-22 - audience 6.3
Drama, Documentary
Directed by Christopher Ralling, Fred Burnley, Richard Marquand
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.
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Cast
James MasonNarrator
Kenneth HaighSir Richard Francis Burton
John QuentinJohn Hanning Speke
Barbara Leigh-HuntIsabel Burton, Isabel Arundell
Michael GoughDavid Livingstone
André van GyseghemSir Roderick Murchison
Ian McCullochCaptain James Grant
Norman RossingtonSamuel Baker- Seth AdagalaBombay
- Salim MohamedSheik Snay, Salim
David FirthLawrence Oliphant
Keith BuckleyHenry Morton Stanley- Oliver LitondoKing Mutesa
- Martin EchitemiKalulu
Catherine SchellFlorence Baker- Elizabeth ProudBlanche Arundell
- Dorothy BlackMrs Arundell
Doran GodwinLouisa Segrave
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Edward BurnhamColonel Sykes- Robin Logan-ReedSaunders
- Douglas MitchellHerne
- Neil BrierleyStroyan
- Claire BenjaminPersian Girl
James WarwickReporter- John DeVautReporter
- John GatrellMonckton-Milnes
Hedger WallaceFuller- Andrew RobertsonSwinburne
John WentworthDoctor
Kenneth BendaSir Henry Rawlinson- Richard SutcliffeWilliam Henn
- David AstonJohn Kirk
Bob SessionsGordon Bennett- Ali SalimSheik Ben Ali
- Robert KamanChumah
- Mohamed SaidSusi
- Lenny JumaSafeni
- David FieldFrank Pocock
- Will KnightleyDr Baker
- Brian GearPriest
Seasons
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