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The Great Adventurers (1999–1999)
TV Mini-series | Documentary, Adventure, History

The Great Adventurers (1999–1999)

TV Mini-series | Documentary, Adventure, History

What elements of human nature drive the Will of those eager to venture into the unknown? What compels them onward, risking their very lives for a greater purpose? Enter the world of the Explorer, where the only path is 'forward.'

Seasons

1 | Unknown See all

Directors

Jeremy Freeston | Chris Gormlie | Ruth Wood

Writers

Simon Freeston | John Barratt | Kate Dunn | Lara Lowe | David Manson

Producers

Jeremy Freeston | Gavin Bott | Lara Lowe | Ruth Wood

Editor

Owen Parker

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Updated Jun 30, 1999

Release date (First episode)

Jun 30, 1999 (United Kingdom)

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30 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Michael Leighton Narrator / Self - Presenter Narrator / Self - Presenter See fewer	5	Julius Caesar: A Critical Guide (1997)
Ian Brooker Self Self See fewer	2	Invasion Planet Earth (2019)
Harry King Author / Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University Author / Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University See fewer	2	Great Adventurers: Ernest Shackleton - To the End of the Earth (1999)
Robert Headland Archivist at the Scott Polar Research Institute / Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University Archivist at the Scott Polar Research Institute / Polar Research Institute at Cambridge University See fewer	2	Timeshift (2002)
Kate Dunn Self Self See fewer	2	Kings and Queens of England Volume I (1993)
Les Prince Historian / Self Historian / Self See fewer	2	Celtic Legends: Irish Legends (1999)
Graham McTavish Narrator Narrator See fewer	1	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Terry Molloy Dr. Livingstone Dr. Livingstone See fewer	1	Doctor Who (1963)
Jeremy Freeston Self Self See fewer	1	Macbeth (I) (1997)
Hu Pryce Self Self See fewer	1	Prisoner (1979)
Neale McGrath Self Self See fewer	1	Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989)
Stuart Richman Nostradamus Nostradamus See fewer	1	Reds (1981)
Randolph Fiennes Explorer Explorer See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Phil Reynolds de Chavigny de Chavigny See fewer	1	Explode, Chapter Two: Into the Fold (2006)
Rob Swinton Henry Stanley Henry Stanley See fewer	1	Macbeth (I) (1997)
Kate Harper Narrator Narrator See fewer	1	Cultural History of the Western World (2024)
Keith Reed Biologist with the British Antarctic Survey Biologist with the British Antarctic Survey See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Neville Brown African African See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Patrick Thawe African African See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Max Jones Peter House at Cambridge University Peter House at Cambridge University See fewer	1	Great Adventurers: Ernest Shackleton - To the End of the Earth (1999)
Jason Harris Self Self See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Andy Smith Glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey Glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey See fewer	1	Frozen Planet (2011)
John Fenner Self Self See fewer	1	Kings and Queens of England Volume I (1993)
Robert Armstrong African African See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Lucy Yeomans Meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey Meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Kerry Angus The Bishop's Lady The Bishop's Lady See fewer	1	Goodnight Sweetheart (1993)
Alex Comer Young Nostradamus Young Nostradamus See fewer	1	Illusive (2012)
Julie Hall Glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey Glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)
Susan Rose Self Self See fewer	1	The Hundred Years' War (2013)
Barry Ife Historian Historian See fewer	1	The Great Adventurers (1999)