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Adventure: The Hidden Sanctuaries of Prester John

on BBC Television

A weekly series of films taken by travellers and explorers on their expeditions throughout the world.

For hundreds of years people in Europe had heard rumours of a Christian kingdom ruled in the East by the fabled emperor Prester John. Recently Robert Dick Read rode hundreds of miles by mule through the mountains of Ethiopia in search of its ancient churches hidden in caves and perched on the top of rock pinnacles.

Contributors

Narrator/filmed by:
Robert Dick Read
Filmed by:
Chris Konarski
Film editor:
Robert Walter
Presented by:
Brian Branston
Series edited by:
David Attenborough

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