An affectionate parody of explorers and exploration films with Yemi Ajibade, Merdel Jordine, Bloke Modisane, Horace Ove and Douglas Botting.

For years there have been white expeditions to darkest Africa. Now there comes a black expedition to darkest Britain. In the footsteps of Stanley, in the tradition of The World About Us, and in a take-off of both, a black man's expedition now journeys along the Liverpool-Leeds canal to find the centre of Britain. On the way the intrepid explorers do what travellers and television safaris always have: they examine the quaint customs of the natives, delve into their folklore and record for posterity an exotic but fast-vanishing culture.

(On safari, up the River Ribble: pp 6-7)
(Colour)