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Full Circle with Michael Palin — Miniseries

Episodes

  • E01 Alaska and Russia

    Aug 31, 1997 · 50m

    Michael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers and hot springs of Kamchatka.

  • E02 Japan and Korea

    Sep 14, 1997 · 50m

    In this episode Michael Palin samples the oddity of Oriental life while passing through Japan and South Korea.

  • E03 China

    Sep 21, 1997 · 50m

    Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.

  • E04 Vietnam and the Philippines

    Sep 28, 1997 · 50m

    Michael Palin visits Hanoi, takes a sampan on the Perfume River, witnesses psychic surgery, sees the Cu Chi tunnels, judges a beauty contest and fails to see the Banaue rice terraces.

  • E05 Borneo and Java

    Oct 5, 1997 · 50m

    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.

  • E06 Australia and New Zealand

    Oct 12, 1997 · 50m

    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.

  • E07 Chile and Bolivia

    Oct 19, 1997 · 50m

    Michael Palin lands on Cape Horn, parties on Chiloé, visits Santiago, the Juan Fernández Islands and La Paz, and crosses the Andes by a train which is derailed.

  • E08 Bolivia and Peru

    Oct 26, 1997 · 50m

    Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes, before an 1,000 mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon.

  • E09 Peru and Colombia

    Nov 2, 1997 · 50m

    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.

  • E10 Mexico, USA, Canada and Alaska

    Nov 9, 1997 · 50m

    Michael Palin travels from Mexico City to the Diomede Islands where his trek began. He meets up with illegal immigrants in Mexico, cruises San Francisco's gay scene and visits Alcatraz.