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Book of the Week Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 Stanley returns to Africa one last time - on a mission to rescue Emin Pasha.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 Having traced the River Congo, Stanley returns for a meeting with King Leopold II.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 Stanley begins fundraising for what would be the greatest journey so far.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 Did Stanley really utter the immortal words 'Dr Livingstone, I presume'?

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 Born in Denbigh, 1846, John Rowlands was abandoned as a baby and consigned to a workhouse.