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Sahara with Michael Palin

20021h 0m / epDocumentary

First aired

October 13, 2002

7.6

TMDB Score

76% match · 17 votes

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S01 · E03

Absolute Desert

Season 1 · Oct 27, 2002 · 1h 0m

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A Line in the Sand

Oct 13, 2002 · 1h 0m

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Destination Timbuktu

Oct 20, 2002 · 1h 0m

E03Playing

Absolute Desert

Oct 27, 2002 · 1h 0m

E04▶

Dire Straits

Nov 3, 2002 · 1h 0m

Michael reaches Timbuktu along with a camel train carrying the giant salt blocks that made the city one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning up until the 16th century. He wanders through the rubble that is 21st century Timbuktu to find the Imam who shows him original astronomical textbooks that predate Galileo's discoveries by 200 years.

About the Series

Documentary

Synopsis

In this four-part BBC documentary, former Monty Python funnyman and renowned globe-trotter Michael Palin sets off from Gibraltar to travel across the Sahara, his witty humor downplaying the hardships he faces along the arduous journey. He travels to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and beyond, across some of the harshest terrain on the planet.

First aired: October 13, 2002
Last aired: November 3, 2002
Seasons: 1 season · 4 episodes
Status: Ended
Original language: English
Network: BBC One