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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as David Livingstone
as Captain James Grant
as Bombay
as Sheik Snay
as Henry Morton Stanley
as Kalulu
as Sir Henry Rawlinson
as William Henn
as John Kirk
as Gordon Bennett
as Sheik Ben Ali
as Chumah
as Susi
