Adventure

Long-running travel programme

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Adventure

First Air Date

April 26, 1963

Last Air Date

August 23, 1965

Seasons

2

Episodes

9

Language

English

Production Companies

Networks

BBC One

S02E03

Livingstone's River

David Attenborough retraces the steps of the famous Scottish explorer Dr David Livingstone in the final part of his African adventure.David Attenborough starts his journey in Sesheke, on the northern bank of the Zambezi river in the Western Province of Zambia. Retracing Livingstone’s Zambezi expedition takes him from Sesheke to Victoria Falls, named by Livingstone in honour of Queen Victoria, through to Zumbo and Tete in Mozambique.Using extracts from Dr Livingstone’s journal David Attenborough revisits African traditions and ceremonies that shocked Livingstone at the time, such as a masked dance featuring the Makishi devil.

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