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The Search for the Nile: 2: Discovery and Betrayal

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

by Derek Marlowe
A historical documentary series
[Starring] Kenneth Haigh and John Quentin

In 1856 Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke arrived at the island of Zanzibar, the starting point of the first great journey into the heart of Africa.

Contributors

Writer:
Derek Marlowe
Narrator:
James Mason
Photography:
Brian Tufano
Music:
Joseph Horovitz
Make-up:
Eileen Mair
Costume:
Dorothea Wallace
Producer:
Christopher Ralling
Director:
Fred Burnley
Richard Burton:
Kenneth Haigh
J. Hanning Speke:
John Quentin
Bombay:
Seth Adagala
Murchison:
Andre van Gyseghem
Sheik Snay:
Salim Mohamed
Source: Radio Times

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