The Search for the Nile

The Search for the Nile is a 6-part BBC miniseries filmed in Africa and released in 1971. It won the 1972 primetime Emmy in the docu-drama special achievement category^[1] and a 1972 Peabody Award.^[2] Kenneth Haigh, who played Richard Burton, was nominated for Best Leading Actor in a 1971 TV-Drama in the 1972 BAFTA Awards.^[3]

The Search for the Nile
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Michael Hastings Derek Marlowe
Starring	Kenneth Haigh John Quentin Barbara Leigh-Hunt Michael Gough Ian McCulloch Norman Rossington Keith Buckley Catherine Schell Andre Van Gyseghem
Narrated by	James Mason
Theme music composer	Joseph Horovitz
Country of origin	Great Britain
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Christopher Ralling
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	25 January (1972-01-25) – 29 February 1972 (1972-02-29)

The series tells the story of the expeditions of explorers John Hanning Speke, Richard Francis Burton, Samuel and Florence Baker, as well as David Livingstone and Henry Morton Stanley in their respective searches to find the source of the Nile in the 19th century.