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.

Top Cast

Patrick BerginRichard Burton

Iain GlenJohn Hanning Speke

Richard E. GrantOliphant

Fiona ShawIsabel

John SavidentLord Murchison

James VilliersLord Oliphant

Adrian RawlinsEdward

Peter VaughanLord Houghton