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  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 16
  • Classification: To be announced
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Nov 2006
  • Run Time: 2104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000I5X1O4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,553 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The Michael Palin Collection contains all the documentaries that Michael Palin has made with the BBC.

The following documentaries feature on the collection.

Around the World in 80 Days: Michael Palin takes up the famous challenge. Air travel is forbidden, and wherever possible he uses the same routes and transport as Jules Verne's fictional hero, meeting many interesting characters en route. As he races across continents and against the clock, Michael's charm and ingenuity delight the armchair traveller.

Pole to Pole: Michael Palin's second televised challenge is to travel from the North to the South Pole, by land and sea. The crossing is varied and frequently gruelling, passing through Russia just days before the abortive Gorbachev coup, then on through Turkey, Egypt, Sudan and South Africa, hopefully arriving in time to catch the only ship from Africa to Antarctica!

Full Circle: In Full Circle, Michael Palin sets off from Diomede, in the Bering Strait, and hopes to return there one year later via Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the whole length of the Americas. But right from the start things don't go to plan...

Sahara: Michael Palin's lust for travel is as strong as it was when he went around the world in 80 days, from pole to pole and then full circle. His latest objective is one of the great challenges in world travel: crossing the Sahara Desert...

Himalaya: In his most challenging journey yet, Michael Palin tackles the Himalayas, the greatest mountain range on earth, a virtually unbroken wall of rock stretching 1,800 miles from the borders of Afghanistan to south-west China.

Hemingway Adventure: Palin journeys to Valencia in Spain, following in the footsteps of his favourite author, Ernest Hemingway.

Great Railway Journey: Derry or Londonderry, depending on religion or which part of Ireland you're from, is the starting point of Michael Palin's great Irish railway journey. A journey which will take him from this ancient walled city to the most western tip of Ireland.

But this is far more than a sightseeing tour. It is a quest for family roots, an attempt to trace his great grandmother - Brita Gallagher - who set sail from Ireland 150 years ago during the potato famine, bound for a new life in Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

DVD Extra: Each series contains an exclusive interview with Michael Palin.

Synopsis
This exhaustive collection features each and every documentary Michael Plain has made for the BBC. Featuring AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, FULL CIRCLE, SAHARA, HIMALAYA, HEMMINGWAY ADVENTURE and GREAT RAILWAY JOURNEY.

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody expects..., 6 Sep 2007
By Guzzle (Dublin) - See all my reviews
..or indeed should expect to glean so much pleasure from a DVD box set. I was on a training course when 80 days came out. We were supposed to bond in the evenings and I got stuck listening to somebody drone on about jubilee clips or something or other. The bar-man turned on the TV and there was Mr. Palin going about his business. I didn't even pretend to be paying attention to Mr Bore thereafter and settled down to an hour of sheer enjoyment and it has been that way ever since. I greet each new series with barely contained glee and have even marked my calendar for the New Europe series. His charming demeanour, bonhomie and never ceasing enthusiasm for an adventure rubs off seemlessly. A delight!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! Just Fantastic!, 28 May 2007
By G. Thavendran "knight of cydonia" (london) - See all my reviews
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I got into Michael Palins's work during one half term when I was channel hopping and a scene from michael palin in around the world in 80 days caught my eye. Since then I've been addicted to his work. This collection here provides an easy and cheaper way of collecting all his work and watching them at your lesuire as many times as you want.

The DVD's themselves are a piece of art. Interesting, Articulate and witty, Michael provides a humorous blog of his travels, from trying to travel around the world without air travel in 80 to travelling from the north pole to the south pole without using air travel as well.

Buy this. You won't be dissapointed.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars World traveller extraordinaire!!, 27 Dec 2006
By Neil Lindsay (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) - See all my reviews
Michael Palin's has now made a successful subsequent career out of travelling the world and talking about these far-flung lands in his own intelligent, witty style. And aren't we the more beneficial for the experience! It is a privilege to hear Michael Palin relay his experiences of his travels, and luckily for us here they all are in one superb box-set. These are perfect to dip into and lose yourself in. An almost perfect Christmas present because it appeals to everyone on so many levels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A box of wonders
I first saw around the world when it first broadcast in 1989, I was four years old and I remember it vividly. Since then I have loved every subsequent journey. Read more
Published 1 day ago by P. F. Naden

5.0 out of 5 stars Edutainment!
This has to be one of the most entertaining and educational boxed sets ever made. Not only does it show you corners of the globe that most of us will never see but Michael Palin... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Craig E. Huxley

5.0 out of 5 stars My most over-played dvds!
Apart from the misfiring first railways series from many years ago, this series has been constantly enjoyable! Read more
Published 20 months ago by FBPadfoot

5.0 out of 5 stars pure quality
if you like travel...this is for you...pure quality.informative,funny and well shot.michael palin does a great job...just buy,you won't regret it.
Published on 22 Dec 2006 by D. I. Sissons

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