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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Adventure drama about the confrontation between two Europeans and a pair of lions that are obstructing the progress of a railway line in East Africa during the 1890s. When the labourers become so frightened by recurring lion attacks at their campsite that they are reluctant to continue to work, an engineer and a big-game hunter join forces in an attempt to outwit the predators.

Last on

Mon 26 Apr 2010 22:30 BBC Four

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    The Ghost and the Darkness was shown in BBC Four's Wonderful Africa season, a wide ranging season of films that looked at the arts and culture, life and landscape of Africa in advance of the 2010 World Cup.

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Credits

Charles Remington
Michael Douglas
Col John Henry Patterson
Val Kilmer
Robert Beaumont
Tom Wilkinson
Samuel
John Kani
Dr David Hawthorne
Bernard Hill
Helena Patterson
Emily Mortimer
Abdullah
Om Puri
Director
Stephen Hopkins
Writer
William Goldman

Broadcasts

  • Mon 10 Dec 2007 23:20 BBC One except Channel Islands, HD, Northern Ireland, Oxfordshire, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire

  • Sun 14 Dec 2008 23:55 BBC One except HD, Northern Ireland

  • Wed 24 Mar 2010 23:30 BBC One except HD, Northern Ireland, Wales

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