Episode list

Travellers' Tales

Underwater Eden

Mon, Aug 01, 1966
Ben Cropp discovers a fabulous wealth of giant devil rays, moray eels and sharks while exploring the invitingly warm waters off the West Coast of Australia with his wife.
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Contact with a Hostile Tribe
A remarkable film capturing the first encounter between a group of primitive Brazilian Indians and white men. This moment in human history raises asks questions about the survival of Stone Age families as they navigate the 20th century.
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A Dream of a Boat
Two adventurous London couples escape from modern life in an 88-foot trading schooner destined for charter work in the Caribbean, but first they must sail her back from Sweden, along the Kiel Canal, and through a fierce North Sea storm.
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Snake Boats and Cats
Amidst the sun-kissed waves, the 'cats' glide gracefully - a dance of catamarans - while the snake boats, sinuous and mysterious, stretch their slender forms to 120 feet. Together, they embrace the risk and allure of the Malabar Coast
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The Valley of the Great Snake
A film about the nomadic Bindibu - aboriginal people of Central Australia, who continue to get on with their lives, far beyond the outposts of European settlers.
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Blind Man's Road
Victor Von Hagen embarks on a journey from Rome to Brindisi, along the Appian Way, one of ancient Rome's earliest and most strategically significant roads, and tells the story of the man who created it - Appius the Blind.
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The Fate of the Amazon Women
A film about the possible connections between the female wrestlers of a dying Brazilian tribe and the legendary warrior women from the past.
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Atlantic Adventure
Francis Chichester heads for the Cape of Good Hope in his yacht, Gipsy Moth IV, following the wake of tea clippers. As he heads for Australia, the program recalls the Transatlantic Race of 1964, during which he achieved a personal goal.
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A Thousand Years in Exile
While the grocers of Algeria are typically the only Mozabites encountered by those from the western world, deep in the Sahara, they continue to live as their ancestors have done for three hundred generations.
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