The Michael Palin Collection
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The complete collection, containing all the documentaries that Michael Palin
has made under the BBC.
The following documentaries feature on the collection.
Around the World in 80 Days: Michael Palin takes up the famous challenge.
Air travel is forbidden, and wherever possible he uses the same routes and
transport as Jules Verne's fictional hero, meeting many interesting characters
en route. As he races across continents and against the clock, Michael's charm
and ingenuity delights the armchair traveller.
Pole to Pole: Michael Palin's second televised challenge is to travel
from the North to the South Pole, by land and sea. The crossing is varied and
frequently gruelling, passing through Russia just days before the abortive
Gorbachev coup, then on through Turkey, Egypt, Sudan and South Africa, hopefully
arriving in time to catch the only ship from Africa to Antarctica!
Full Circle: In Full Circle, Michael Palin sets off from Diomede, in the
Bering Strait, and hopes to return there one year later via Russia, Japan,
Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New
Zealand and the whole length of the Americas. But right from the start things
don't go to plan...
Sahara: Michael Palin's lust for travel is as strong as it was when he
went around the world in 80 days, from Pole to Pole and then Full Circle. His
latest objective is one of the great challenges in world travel: crossing the
Sahara Desert...
Himalaya: In his most challenging journey yet, Michael Palin tackles the
Himalayas: the greatest mountain range on earth, a virtually unbroken wall of
rock stretching 1800 miles from the borders of Afghanistan to south-west China.
Hemmingway Adventure: Palin journeys to Valencia in Spain, following in
the footsteps of his favourite author, Ernest Hemmingway.
Great Railway Journey: Derry or Londonderry, depending on religion or
which part of Ireland you're from, is the starting point of Michael Palin's
Great Irish Railway Journey. A journey which will take him from this ancient
walled city to the most Western tip of Ireland.
But it is far more than a sightseeing tour for veteran traveller Michael Palin.
It is a quest for family roots, an attempt to trace his great grandmother -
Brita Gallagher - who set sail from Ireland 150 years ago during the potato
famine, bound for a new life in Burlington, New Jersey, USA. It is a trip along
the Palin family line.
Region 2
Languages English
Duration 35 hours and 5 minutes (approx)
Special Features
- Each series contains an exclusive interview with Michael Palin
- See individual DVDs for further information on extras
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