by Derek Marlowe
A historical documentary series
[Starring] Kenneth Haigh as Richard Burton
In the middle of the last century, at the height of Britain's imperial power, an unsolved mystery lay in the very heart of Africa, the mystery of the source of the Nile. It was a challenge that attracted a handful of extraordinary men; a challenge strong enough to reveal the best, and the worst, in all of them. Before long it was to become an obsession.
("Secret of the Nile": pages 56-58. Repeated: next Saturday, 8.30 pm)
