I, too, enjoyed this series, and watched it weekly. The stuff covered was always either fascinating or interesting.

I remember there was also another series or two, hosted by Arthur C. Clarke, that was along somewhat similar lines, and that I really enjoyed it/them, too.

In Search of... is a series I hadn't had enter my thoughts in years, so thank you very much, Satch, for putting it on the TMDb radar! You're the man!