The Last Explorers

David Livingstone (1x1)

Air date: Nov 24, 2011

Archaeologist and writer Neil Oliver follows in the footsteps of four Scottish explorers. Today, he travels down the Zambesi river to reveal how David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the earth and exploited his celebrity to end the slave trade. His was a moral mission: to reshape British values and bring commerce, Christianity and civilisation to the African continent.