Sahara with Michael Palin

Name: Sahara with Michael Palin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2002-10-13
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Michael Palin

ENDED1 Season4 Episodes★ 7.6

Sahara with Michael Palin is a documentary series on BBC One that premiered in 2002, ending after 1 season and 4 episodes.

Never miss an episode of Sahara with Michael Palin

Get an email the moment a new episode airs — plus alerts if it's renewed or canceled.

NetworkBBC One

First AiredOct 13, 2002

Last AiredNov 3, 2002

GenreDocumentary

Runtime60 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

ProductionProminent Television, BBC

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.

Cast

Michael Palin

Self - Presenter

Seasons & Episodes1 season · 4 episodes

0% complete

E1A Line in the Sand

Oct 13, 200260m

Michael lands at Tangier in Morocco after crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, and passes through the High Atlas mountains after brief stops in Fez and Marrakesh. From here, the Sahawari people help him to negotiate the harsh, rugged terrain and guide him south to the Mauritanian border.

E2Destination Timbuktu

Oct 20, 200260m

After a brief stopover in cosmopolitan Senegal, Michael endures two nights aboard the train to Bamako, where he meets up with the renowned kora player Toumani Diabete. Meanwhile, the Dogon people of West Africa introduce Michael to some of their origin myths, and a trip down the River Niger turns out to be far from plain sailing.

E3Absolute Desert

Oct 27, 200260m

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.

E4Dire Straits

Nov 3, 200260m

Michael arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the most desolate crossing, and then turning north Michael passes through the mountains of the Hoggar massif before pausing in the oil and gas fields of central Algeria. Then onto Libya to attend the very last reunion of the Desert Rats of Tobruk, before turning west along the North Coast past deserted classical sites at Apollonia, Cyrene and Leptis Magna.

About Sahara with Michael Palin

Sahara with Michael Palin is a documentary series on BBC One. The show first aired on Oct 13, 2002 and currently has 1 season and 4 episodes. Sahara with Michael Palin has ended. It has a rating of 7.6/10 based on 17 votes. The cast includes Michael Palin.