1961

S2Special: Scott's Last Journey

Mon, Apr 02, 1962

Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the death of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. One of the most heroic stories of exploration is retold with the aid of photographs and films taken in Antarctica 50 years ago by photographer Herbert Ponting.

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S2.E1 ∙ Trail to Dawson City

Thu, May 03, 1962

Harold and Maisie Eastwood encounter moose, caribou, and giant brown bears as they follow the trail used by gold prospectors in 1898, as they braved the dangers of the White Horse Rapids and frozen Chilcoot Pass to reach the Klondike.

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S2.E2 ∙ Magicians of the Black Hills

Thu, May 10, 1962

Among the Matakam people in the Cameroons, there are powerful men who have maintained their way of life for over 2,000 years. These men possess the remarkable ability to create iron.

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S2.E3 ∙ The Dragon Story

Thu, May 17, 1962

Reports from Air Force personnel in Singapore talk of mysterious crocodile-like creatures, measuring over nine feet long, emerging from the sea onto the beach at Egg Island. Ivan Polunin leads an expedition to find evidence.

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S2.E4 ∙ The Cocaine-Eaters of Colombia

Thu, May 24, 1962

The Makuna Indians, living on one of the remote headwaters of the Amazon, have the reputation of being drug addicts. Brian Moser and Donald Tayler travel upstream to try to record the life of this tribe.

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S2.E5 ∙ Search for the Hobolos

Thu, May 31, 1962

Robert Dick Read encounters the enigmatic and extremely rare 'hobolos' on Lake Abaya in Ethiopia, vessels that are a strange blend of raft and boat, but not before sampling raw hippo meat and participating in a crocodile hunt.

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S2.E6 ∙ Turkoman

Thu, Jun 07, 1962

Tom Stobart and Ralph Izzard travel through the Elburz Mountains in north-east Persia, to meet the Turkomans, a Central Asian tribe with a ruthless reputation who had been professional slave raiders for the markets of Khiva and Bokhara.

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S2.E7 ∙ Bushmen of the Kalahari

Thu, Jun 14, 1962

A film of the life of a gentle, naked, uncivilised people who have no time to fight with each other since their short lives are spent competing with Nature.

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S2.E8 ∙ Dalai Lama

Thu, Jun 28, 1962

When the Dalai Lama came of age he made a great tour to the three most important monasteries of his country to demonstrate his wisdom to thousands of assembled lamas. Compiled from his own film.

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