Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure
2017 · BBC Two · 60 min · 1 season
S01E02 · Episode 2
Fri, 19 May, 6:00 am
In the second and final episode of this Arabian adventure, explorer Alice Morrison is in the vast Sahara, three and a half million square miles of desert, on an epic camel trek over the dunes on her journey to Timbuktu.
About
Arabist, writer, explorer and Marrakech resident Alice Morrison follows the Salt Roads - once one of the world's richest trading networks to the fabled sandstone city of Timbuktu.
Travelling by any means possible - camel, donkey and sometimes just on foot - it's a journey that takes her deep into the history, culture and civilisation of both ancient and modern North Africa. Alice's adventure reveals the extraordinary history, anthropology and landscapes of some of the most mysterious, beautiful and ancient cities in the world.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Fri, 12 May· 60 minIn this first episode Alice sets off from Tangier, Europe's gateway to Africa, and learns how gold was in high demand in North Africa, to be minted into coins and adorn palaces. Its source was the gold mines of sub-Saharan Africa and so the routes across the desert were forged.
- E02
Episode 2
Fri, 19 May· 60 minIn the second and final episode of this Arabian adventure, explorer Alice Morrison is in the vast Sahara, three and a half million square miles of desert, on an epic camel trek over the dunes on her journey to Timbuktu.
Cast
Alice Morrison
Presenter