Explore

8:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday 15 July

The Rift Valley

Season 1 Episode 2 of 4

Simon Reeve leads the team through the ancient Rift Valley down the east of Africa. Amid some of the world's most extraordinary wildlife, he finds the only US military base in Africa, a key element of the war on terror. Tanya Datta visits the Ethiopian mountains to investigate the trade in a local narcotic, while Emeka Onono learns about Kenya's fragile peace after recent elections led to violence

Explore airs on U&Yesterday at 8:00 PM, Wednesday 15 July. (Subtitles.)

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Tom McCarthy

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Sam Bagnall

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