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- In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.
- Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
- Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route, white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief. Captured by the Oparians and nearly sacrificed to their lion god, the party is saved by Tarzan.
- A Survival 'special' about the Nile Crocodile that showed, for the first time, the wildebeest hunting abilities of the enormous crocodiles of the Grumeti river in Serengeti, Tanzania. This contrasts with the extraordinary level of maternal care shown by the crocodile mothers to their hatchlings, including protecting their eggs from monitor lizards and baboons. The documentary received the highest audience viewing figures for a wildlife film at the time - 12.25 million. It was released in the US under the title: Crocodile: Here be Dragons. It was awarded 'Best of Festival' at the inaugural Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in 1991.
- Now on the final leg of her journey, Joanna Lumley leaves Lake Tana traveling west to rejoin the White Nile. They were required to fly over large parts of the river as it was deemed too dangerous to travel down it. In Juba, southern Sudan, she meets the local beauty queens who are preparing for the upcoming pageant. It's the on to Lake Albert where she takes a ferry to Murchison Falls in Uganda where there is now a large game reserve. Traveling overland They stop on the way at a rhinoceros sanctuary. It's then on to Lake Victoria, originally thought to be the source of the Nile. In 2006, a new source of the Nile was discovered in the hills of Rwanda. Traveling up the Rukarara River, they come to the source, a natural spring 4,199 miles from the Mediterranean.
- This safari plunges us into the heart of darkness, where only the strong and the brave survive. Those that do will understand the mysteries of all that croaks, roars and goes bump in the night.
- The quest to find the source of the Nile built and shattered explorers' dreams for centuries, until it was eventually discovered that the river's birthplace is Lake Victoria. Nile crocodiles have been using the banks of the river as nesting sites for centuries, showing a nurturing side unique in the reptile world.
- The Nile River, Africa's largest, longest and most ancient of rivers. Spanning 4000 miles the Nile flows through 11 countries before finally emptying out into the Mediterranean. For millennia its waters have sustained life and civilization. Winding its way through the landscape, the rivers verdant waters create a plush and vibrant haven for a variety of wildlife. Its constant flow, tropical climate and lack of seasonal change also provide an idyllic setting in which to raise the next generation.