Synopsis

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.

Cast

Patrick Bergin

Richard Burton

Iain Glen

John Hanning Speke

Richard E. Grant

Oliphant

Fiona Shaw

Isabel

John Savident

Lord Murchison

James Villiers

Lord Oliphant

Adrian Rawlins

Edward

Peter Vaughan

Lord Houghton

Delroy Lindo

Mabruki

Bernard Hill

Dr. Livingstone

Matthew Marsh

William

Richard Caldicot

Lord Russell

Christopher Fulford

Herne

Garry Cooper

Stroyan

Roshan Seth

Ben Amir

Paul Onsongo

Sidi Bombay

Jimmy Gardner

Jarvis

Doreen Mantle

Mrs. Speke

Anna Massey

Mrs. Arundell

Peter Eyre

Norton Shaw

Leslie Phillips

Mr. Arundell

Frances Cuka

Lady Houghton

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Lord Cowley

Craig Crosbie

Swinburne

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