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				Sahara with Michael Palin			


			

				
Sahara with Michael Palin


				

					7.6											
							IMDb tt0329919
						
										2002										Documentary				


				
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.

				

									

						
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Episodes							4
					

			


	

				
			

									A Line in the Sand
								1
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				A Line in the Sand
				1h 0m				Michael lands at Tangier in Morocco after crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, and passes through the High Atlas…			

		
				
			

									Destination Timbuktu
								2
								
			

			

				Destination Timbuktu
				1h 0m				After a brief stopover in cosmopolitan Senegal, Michael endures two nights aboard the train to Bamako, where he…			

		
				
			

									Absolute Desert
								3
								
			

			

				Absolute Desert
				1h 0m				Michael reaches Timbuktu along with a camel train carrying the giant salt blocks that made the city one…			

		
				
			

									Dire Straits
								4
								
			

			

				Dire Straits
				1h 0m				Michael arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the most desolate crossing, and then turning north Michael…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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