The Last Explorers

Neil Oliver travels down the Zambezi to reveal how David Livingstone took the faith of his nation to the ends of the Earth and exploited his celebrity to oppose the African slave trade.

One of Britain's greatest but least-known explorers set out to conquer Antarctica to advance scientific knowledge, but is often overshadowed by the celebrity of contemporaries Scott and Shackleton.

Neil Oliver profiles the 19th-century adventurer and naturalist, who devoted his life and work to persuade others to see and preserve the sacred beauty of his discoveries in the western United States.

Neil Oliver profiles the Scottish merchant, who parlayed his contacts with rebel samurai clans into the foundations for one of the most aggressive and powerful economies in the world.