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Sahara with Michael Palin

Summary Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world. View more details

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Sahara with Michael Palin

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Stars : Michael Palin

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 12, 2002

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Palin's Travels

Language : English

Production companies : Prominent Television

Summary Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Oct 12, 2002

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Palin's Travels

Language : English

Production companies : Prominent Television

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Michael Palin in Sahara with Michael Palin (2002) Sahara with Michael Palin (2002)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 12, 2002
A Line in the Sand
Michael Palin travels Gibraltar; Morocco; Algeria/Western Sahara; then Mauritania: Gibraltar; Tangier (Euro-Arabic city), Fez (perfect Islamic City, 1200 yr old garment/skin dye industry), Marrakech, Aran (Berber village in Atlas Mts.), Ait Benhaddou (Town as movie set); Smara refugee camp in Tindouf; Zouerat (iron ore mining), Chinguetti (French Legion fort).
Episode 2 • Oct 19, 2002
Destination Timbuktu
Michael Palin crosses the Sénégal River from Rosso, Mauritania to Saint-Louis "French port", Gorée Island "Slavery port", to Dakar "capital" in Senegal. He takes the Bamako Express train to Bamako "capital", then along Niger River to Tirelli "Bandiagara Escarpment for Dogons", Djenne, Mopti, to Timbuktu.
Episode 3 • Oct 26, 2002
Absolute Desert
Michael Palin continues in Mali to Timbuktu visiting the ancient Mosque of mud. He follows a camel caravan of Wodaabe nomads to Ingal in Niger for the annual Sahara Cure Salée festival, to an oasis at Tabelot, then across the Tenere Desert to the border of Algeria.
Episode 4 • Nov 02, 2002
Dire Straits
He travels Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, coastal Algeria, Morocco, then Gibraltar: In-Guezzam (border) and Hassi Messauoud (Oil town) in Algeria; Tobruk, Benghazi, and the ruins of Apollonia (Greek) and Leptis Magna (Roman) in Libya; Djerba island, Caves at El Haddej, Sousse, Tunis (Carthage) in Tunisia; along Algeria-Morocco coast to Algiers, Oran, Ceuta; then Gibraltar.

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