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The Last Explorers: Episode 1: Livingstone

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Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers.

Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers. He reveals David Livingstone's moral mission to bring commerce, Christianity and civilisation to Africa.

Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers who planted ideas rather than flags - ideas that shaped the modern world we know today. In this first programme, Neil travels down the Zambesi river to reveal how David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the Earth and exploited his celebrity to end the slave trade. His was a moral mission: to reshape British values and bring commerce, Christianity and civilisation to the African continent.

Livingstone

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Factual: History

Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration

Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver presents a series on the golden age of exploration, charting the routes of contact that drew together the farthest reaches of the world

Episode 1

Episode 1: Livingstone

BBC One - The Last Explorers, Livingstone

How David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the earth.

Neil Oliver travels down the Zambesi river to reveal how David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the earth and exploited his celebrity to end the slave trade. His was a moral mission: to reshape British values and bring commerce, Christianity and civilisation to the African continent.

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