The Explorers - Burke and Wills

So for Part 2 of my project: Martin Shaw as Robert O'Hara Burke (hee - the other connection between MS and Burke just hit me then!), the Australian explorer who crossed the continent from south to North, and came so close to making it back again...

I think, from what I can gather, that this was made by the BBC as one of The Explorers series around 1972, but was re-released in America, with Anthony Quinn introducing it (which is the version I've got) in 1975/6? Does anyone have any better information than that? Does anyone have any other information than that?!

There seems to be very little about this one - or else my ability to google has failed me. On the bright side, there are screencaps under the cut!

( MS as Burke )

The Explorers - Burke and Wills

So for Part 2 of my project: Martin Shaw as Robert O'Hara Burke (hee - the other connection between MS and Burke just hit me then!), the Australian explorer who crossed the continent from south to North, and came so close to making it back again...

I think, from what I can gather, that this was made by the BBC as one of The Explorers series around 1972, but was re-released in America, with Anthony Quinn introducing it (which is the version I've got) in 1975/6? Does anyone have any better information than that? Does anyone have any other information than that?!

There seems to be very little about this one - or else my ability to google has failed me. On the bright side, there are screencaps under the cut!

( MS as Burke )