I watched this mini series again last week and I had forgotten how superior the mini series is."Search For The Nile" is an amazing BBC mini series and I believe that "Search For The Nile" is far ahead of its time."Search For The Nile" has a real advantage.That advantage is James Mason doing the superb narration throughout the almost six hours of programming.I love British mini series such as the 1995 version of "Pride And Prejudice" starring Colin Firth and "Vanity Fair" that came out around the same time and aired on the now lousy A&E Television network on cable or satellite.I remember the made for television mini series that aired on the three prime time networks back in the 1970s and the 1980s.Some of them were excellent like "Search For The Nile".When you start watching this series you won't want to stop the DVD and take a break.That is how good this series is."Shackleton" with Kenneth Brannagh is a mini series that is almost as good as "Search For The Nile".I highly recommend this program to viewers of all ages except for small children.I have this movie.

I watched the series back in 1972 and was glued to the TV as this magnificent mini series with great cast and conducting portrayed great moments in history of Africa and brave men who risked their lives for their quests. I have described the series to my sons as both are very much interested in history and early expeditions. unfortunately, I can not find copies of the series anywhere to buy or rent. Not sure, why such great work of TV and Production is not available to public. I think as other reviewers have mentioned, BBC or PBS need to be poked and encouraged to release or show again. I am pretty sure after all these years will be a great hit series. Many younger generations are fascinated with story of Nile and heroics of the discoverers and their times in Africa.

I am new here. Please forgive me for my ignorance.Just wanted to say this 1970's TV series marked me as a teenager.I want (very badly!) to see this series remastered in DVD...Post scriptum: Would you believe I made a tape recording that time, with a VERY old tape recorder, of James Mason saying «In 198?, Henry Morton Stanley, the young American journalist, crossed Africa and, in one of the most famous encounters of History, found Dr. David Livingston. When the great Livingston died...»I just can't remember the rest by heart.I have it recorded in a tape (NOT a cassette, but an old magnetic tape; these days, I recorded my favorite films with a microphone near the TV speaker!) and it is still there, along with the wonderful music theme, I read in this site it was a Dvorak theme.Who, and when, someone will allow us to see again that incredible TV series, with Richard Burton as Sir Richard Francis Burton???

I too have been wishing for years that this excellent series were available on DVD or video. It featured vivid, memorable performances that, to this day, color my impressions of Burton, Speke, and Livingston, and I still remember the mounting suspense as the first two of these explorers prepare to debate their theories of the source of the Nile before (if memory serves) the Royal Geographical Society. Maybe we're all getting spoiled, because it sometimes seems as if virtually everything is accessible today via Netflix or the Net... but here's a series that, it seems, has a built-in audience, a superb reputation, and some genuine educational value, yet all of its fans are forced to rely on decades-old memories of it. Making it available would be a true public service!