Pole To Pole With Michael Palin
1992
Join Monty Python's Michael Palin on his second globetrotting adventure from Pole to Pole. Travelling from the North to the South Poles using only land and sea transport, he dodges polar bears, consults with doctors, and watches his luggage melt in the African sun. Read more
| Starring | Michael Palin |
|---|---|
| Genres | Special Interest, Television |
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Pole To Pole With Michael Palin
Join Monty Python's Michael Palin on his second globetrotting adventure from Pole to Pole. Travelling from the North to the South Poles using only land and sea transport, he dodges polar bears, consults with doctors, and watches his luggage melt in the African sun.
| Starring | Michael Palin |
|---|---|
| Studio | BBC WORLDWIDE PUBLISHING |
| Run time | DVD: 7 hrs 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Special Interest, Television |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Mar 2004 Production year: 1992 |
| Format | DVD |
Pole To Pole With Michael Palin (3 discs) (1992)
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"...Other travel shows Palin to insignificance compared to this one--never before has globetrotting been so amusing..."
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11 out of 11 people found this review helpful
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Michael Palin follows his successful 'Around The World in Eighty Days' with a journey from the North Pole to the South Pole, using only land transport except for the hops to the poles, keeping as close as possible to 30? East.
This line takes him across Scandinavia, a Soviet Union which collapsed behind him, Turkey and Cyprus, and the full length of Africa. Without the 80-day target, the journey lacks some of the urgency of its predecessor, and some of the set-pieces fail to live up to the more spontaneous encounters and events which enliven his journey. It is these informal meetings with the friendly people of the world, somewhat dazzled by this weird chap rushing up to them with a film-crew in tow, that help to illustrate the diversity of our world and help us armchair travellers to meet people we would never do otherwise.
The route down the spine of Africa is what makes this journey something special. Away from Africa, the somewhat contrived rules about land travel and the route, broken where convenient, take away some of the magic, but this is still very enjoyable viewing.
The eight 50-minute episodes are split 3, 3, and 2 across the discs, with a half-hour interview with Palin on the third disc well worth watching. -
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More travel exploits for Michael Palin
Michael Palin follows his successful 'Around The World in Eighty Days' with a journey from the North Pole to the South Pole, using only land transport except for the hops to the poles, keeping as close as possible to 30? East.
This line takes him across Scandinavia, a Soviet Union which collapsed behind him, Turkey and Cyprus, and the full length of Africa. Without the 80-day target, the journey lacks some of the urgency of its predecessor, and some of the set-pieces fail to live up to the more spontaneous encounters and events which enliven his journey. It is these informal meetings with the friendly people of the world, somewhat dazzled by this weird chap rushing up to them with a film-crew in tow, that help to illustrate the diversity of our world and help us armchair travellers to meet people we would never do otherwise.
The route down the spine of Africa is what makes this journey something special. Away from Africa, the somewhat contrived rules about land travel and the route, broken where convenient, take away some of the magic, but this is still very enjoyable viewing.
The eight 50-minute episodes are split 3, 3, and 2 across the discs, with a half-hour interview with Palin on the third disc well worth watching. -
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Join Monty Python's Michael Palin on his second globetrotting adventure from Pole to Pole. Travelling from the North to the South Poles using only land and sea transport, he dodges polar bears, ... -