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59:00Sahara with Michael Palin
Trekking across the Sahara. Michael arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the lawless, desolate region where Mark Thatcher famously got lost.
59:00Trekking across the Sahara. Michael reaches Timbuktu, once one of the great centres of Islamic learning, then heads east to the land of nomadic herders the Wodaabe.
59:00Series charting a trek across the Sahara Desert. After a brief stopover in cosmopolitan Senegal, Michael endures two nights aboard the train to Bamako.
1:00:00Series in which Michael Palin explores nine countries during a trek across the Sahara. He begins at Tangier in Morocco after crossing the Straits of Gibraltar.
December 2022
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1:00:00Michael Palin reaches the city of Timbuktu, along with a camel train carrying the giant salt blocks that made the city one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning.
1:00:00Michael Palin's expedition takes him to Senegal, where he witnesses a wrestling competition, visits jazz clubs, and meets soap star Marie-Madeleine.
June 2022 1:00:00
1:00:00Michael Palin embarks on the final leg of his journey, passing through the dramatic mountains of the Hoggar Massif and visiting Libya before crossing into Tunisia.
March 2022 1:00:00
1:00:00Michael Palin begins his trek across the Sahara Desert. After crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, he scales the High Atlas mountains in Morocco.