The first leg takes Michael Palin from the North Pole to the gates of Russia.
Second leg of the journey: Palin has 12 days to cross Russia and reach the port of Odessa.
Palin travels from Istanbul to Aswan on the Nile.
In this part of the journey Michael Palin crosses the Sudan. He crosses the Nubian desert in the nor...
Having struggled through the Sudan, Michael Palin is now faced with the difficulty of getting across...
Michael Palin begins this week with a tented safari in a Kenyan game park. He travels via the Ngoron...
In this week's episode, Michael crosses Zambia and Zimbabwe towards Johannesburg.
Michael Palin fails in his attempt to get a berth on board the SA "Agulhas" on its once yearly sail ...
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.