Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.
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- Won 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total
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- Crazy creditsThe opening title sequence shows a blue-backed beetle drawing the word "Sahara" in cursive script as it walks across the sand. Michael Palin is seen walking across a sand dune and planting a footprint next to the word.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime: Sahara (2020)
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Why can't American TV make shows like this? Michael Palin traps around the Sahara, always charming, never condescending and always fun to watch. He floats gently from 'moderately amused' to 'mildly irritated' as the train is 10 hours late, but he never stays down too long. Palin seems genuinely at peace with the strangeness of these places, and goes to learn, and not to fix anything, which is so refreshing. The show lightly touches on the Polisario/Morocco Western Sahara conflict, but doesn't stay there too long.
Nice to see Muslim countries on TV, away from the whole 'terrorism, Al Qaeda, whatever' debate. Quite a few discussions on the Polygamy issue -- which looks like a way to stir up a lively opinion from women in that part of the world.
Small warning: 'where meat comes from' is revealed in this show. In case you are trying to keep the kids ignorant of this.
Nice to see Muslim countries on TV, away from the whole 'terrorism, Al Qaeda, whatever' debate. Quite a few discussions on the Polygamy issue -- which looks like a way to stir up a lively opinion from women in that part of the world.
Small warning: 'where meat comes from' is revealed in this show. In case you are trying to keep the kids ignorant of this.
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- cathryn
- Apr 17, 2006
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By what name was Sahara with Michael Palin (2002) officially released in Canada in English?
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