The Royal Geographical Society has just celebrated its 150th anniversary, and it has greatly changed from its early dining-club image. Expeditions now tend to be rigorous scientific investigations. often with a potential economic spin-off, rather than the somewhat dilettante affairs of 150 years ago.
Written by BARRY CARMAN
Presented by Duncan Carse with Edward Kelsey Bruce Bennett and Douglas Blackwell Producer
GEOFFREY SHERLOCK