Brazil with Michael Palin
Brazil with Michael Palin is a TV show on BBC1. The long-running program has been available since 2012. A total of 17 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2023.
Last broadcast:11/03/2023 at 20:00
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Michael Palin explores what makes Brazil tick. He journeys to Minas Gerais, the source of Brazil's great mineral wealth, and checks into an infamous 'love hotel'.
June 2022
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Michael Palin looks at the cultural diversity found within Brazil, meeting Prince Joao de Braganza and visiting the third-largest commercial aircraft manufacturer.
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Michael Palin heads to Minas Gerais to learn about Brazil's wealth of minerals, visiting an old gold mine and hearing how the profits are spent in Rio de Janeiro.
March 2022
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Travelling Python Michael Palin visits indigenous people, hears of Henry Ford's attempt to build a rubber plantation in the Amazon and is welcomed into the Wauja tribe.
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The well-travelled Michael Palin makes his first ever visit to Brazil, exploring the history of Portuguese explorers and examining the ways slavery shaped the country.
February 2017
November 2012