Full Circle With Michael Palin
Full Circle With Michael Palin is a documentary on BBC4. Travel documentary series in which Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 8 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in July 2024.
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Full Circle With Michael Palin
From a canoe in the Peruvian rainforest, Michael Palin visits Machiguenga Indian villages in one of remotest spots on planet. He then he sails down Amazon on a restored riverboat.
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Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes before embarking on a 1,000-mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon.
June 2024
Michael Palin lands on Cape Horn, parties on Chile, visits Santiago, the Juan Fernandez Islands and La Paz, and crosses the Andes by a train that is derailed.
Michael Palin reaches Australia, where his activities include a cameo role in Home and Away. He also looks for sperm whales in New Zealand's icy waters.
From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu Sea in a leaky ferry. He travels on through the Borneo jungle to Java, where he climbs a volcano.
Michael Palin visits Hanoi, takes a sampan on the Perfume River, witnesses psychic surgery, travels to the Cu Chi tunnels but fails to see the Banaue rice terraces.
May 2024
Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.
In this episode, Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea