The first of seven programmes written by JOHN KEAY
1: Don't Worry - It's Only Me with Narrator John Rowe with David Sinclair
Mary Kingsley found herself in 1892 with nothing to do.
She was 30, unmarried, and, apart from a week in Paris and a short trip to the Canary Islands, untravelled. She decided to explore West Africa. Her resulting adventures are among the most extraordinary ever recounted. She never expected to survive them. She fought off crocodiles, trekked miles through the jungle, was entertained by cannibals, and eventually returned to England to tell her story.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK. Stereo