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Full Circle with Michael Palin

Adventure, Travel · 1997

Last aired: S1 E10, Mexico City, LA, San Francisco, and Canada · 1997-11-09

Full Circle with Michael Palin is a travel documentary series in which Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

Cast

Michael Palin Michael Palin

Season 1

E1 From Diomede Island to Alaska 1997-08-31 · 50 min 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.

E2 Japan and Korea 1997-09-14 · 50 min In this episode Michael Palin samples the oddity of Oriental life while passing through Japan and South Korea.

E3 China and Vietnam 1997-09-21 · 50 min Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.

E4 Hanoi and Philippines 1997-09-28 · 50 min 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.

E5 Borneo, Malaysia, and Indonesia 1997-10-05 · 50 min 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.

E6 Australia and New Zealand 1997-10-12 · 50 min 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.

E7 Cape Horn, Chile, and Bolivia 1997-10-19 · 50 min 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.

E8 Peru and Machu Picchu 1997-10-26 · 50 min 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.

E9 Amazon Basin, Colombia, and Bogota 1997-11-02 · 50 min 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 City, LA, San Francisco, and Canada 1997-11-09 · 50 min 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.

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