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Pole to Pole

19921 Season50m episodes7.9

Documentary

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Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, traveling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.

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Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 21, 1992
Network: BBC One
Studio: BBC, A+E Studios

Time to finish

7 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Michael Palin

Self

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SERIES

Pole to Pole

19921 Season50m episodes7.9

Documentary

TMDB7.9

Votes28

Your rating

Runtime: 50m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, traveling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air travel, all on a tight deadline.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Oct 21, 1992 · 50m
Cold Start
The first leg takes Michael Palin from the North Pole to the gates of Russia.
E2 · Airs Oct 28, 1992 · 50m
Russian Steps
Second leg of the journey: Palin has 12 days to cross Russia and reach the port of Odessa.
E3 · Airs Nov 4, 1992 · 50m
Mediterranean Maze
Palin travels from Istanbul to Aswan on the Nile.
E4 · Airs Nov 11, 1992 · 50m
Shifting Sands
In this part of the journey Michael Palin crosses the Sudan. He crosses the Nubian desert in the north of the country and traverses a region ravaged by drought, poverty, famine and civil war. Unable to follow the line of 30 degrees east, he is forced to take a route along the border with Northern Ethiopia.
E5 · Airs Nov 18, 1992 · 50m
Crossing the Line
Having struggled through the Sudan, Michael Palin is now faced with the difficulty of getting across Ethiopia, where the armed remnants of the fallen dictator Mengistu's defeated army roam. He makes a dash to Addis Ababa with a military escort. He continues his journey to reach the Kenyan border and travels on to Lerata. He passes Mount Kenya, the significance of which is that now he has completed half of his journey.
E6 · Airs Nov 25, 1992 · 50m
Plains and Boats and Trains
Michael Palin begins this week with a tented safari in a Kenyan game park. He travels via the Ngoronoro Crater and arrives at Lake Tanganyika.
E7 · Airs Dec 2, 1992 · 50m
Evil Shadow
In this week's episode, Michael crosses Zambia and Zimbabwe towards Johannesburg.
E8 · Airs Dec 9, 1992 · 50m
Bitter End
Michael Palin fails in his attempt to get a berth on board the SA "Agulhas" on its once yearly sail to the South Pole. The search is on to find some other way of reaching the South Pole, abandoning all self-imposed restraints such as following 30 degrees east or using only surface transport.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 21, 1992
Network: BBC One
Studio: BBC, A+E Studios

Time to finish

7 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Michael Palin

Self

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