Book of the Week - Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
The story of the boy who grew up to be the great explorer, Henry Morton Stanley - the man who discovered Dr Livingstone
Book of the Week - Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer - Episode 1
Born in Denbigh in 1846, John Rowlands was abandoned as a baby and consigned to a Welsh workhouse.
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Book of the Week - Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer - Episode 2
Stanley embarks on his search for Dr Livingstone. Did he really utter the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume'?
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Book of the Week - Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer - Episode 3
Stanley, now living in America, begins fundraising for what would be the greatest journey so far across the heart of Africa - to finish Dr Livingstone's work.
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Book of the Week - Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer - Episode 4
Having traced the River Congo from the heart of Africa to the sea, Stanley returns for a meeting with King Leopold II of Belgium.
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Book of the Week - Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer - Episode 5
Stanley returns to Africa one last time - on a mission to rescue Emin Pasha, the last of General Gordon's provincial governors still living.
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