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Man Alive: Plimpton: Adventure in Africa

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Reporters Jeremy James, Jeanne La Chard, John Pitman, Desmond Wilcox, Harold Williamson

George Plimpton has made a name for himself as the try-anything-once adventurer.
This week he goes to Meru National Park in Kenya on a photographic safari for an American magazine. His assignment: to shoot pictures of Ahmed the elephant, believed to be the largest animal in Africa.
George Plimpton learns the secret of elephant trading, techniques of wildlife photography, and a lot about the inhabitants of Africa both human and animal.

(Repeated next Saturday afternoon)
(Colour)

Contributors

Subject:
George Plimpton
Producer:
Walon Green
Editor:
Adam Clapham
Source: Radio Times

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