Palin's shrewd observations are as ever interspersed with his eye for the weird and the comical, as he meets Santa Claus and Lenin, goes shopping for camels in Omdurman, and makes a final hectic dash to the South Pole via Chile. Palin revels in the surrealism of it all as he travels through a range of vastly different European and African communities undergoing massive social and political upheavals in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Michael Palin: Into Iraq (Channel 5) Skip Question. From the frozen wastes of both poles, to the scorching heat of Africa, Pole to Pole is a travelogue of bizarre extremes. Michael McIntryres The Wheel Only Connect Pointless The 1 Club The Chase. THE CHATTER BOX Michael hopes this site will help to inspire your own travels. The result is Pole to Pole, Palin's account of his extraordinary journey between July and December 1991, passing through 17 countries from Greenland and the former Soviet Union in the north to Kenya, South Africa and Chile in the south. Pole to Pole Full Circle Hemingway Adventure Sahara with Michael Palin Himalaya New Europe 80 Days Revisited Brazil Don't forget you can keep your place with our unique bookmarks. Male Frontal Nudity: A brief glimpse in the second episode.Having circumnavigated the globe from west to east in Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Palin proceeded to stretch even his endurance with his next journey, travelling due south from the North Pole, arriving five months later at the southernmost point of the globe, the South Pole.The Hermit: Early in the first episode, Palin meets a trapper who has been living alone in an isolated hut in the already isolated archipelago of Svalbard for the previous 15 years.With the voiceover added in 1992, the collapse of the Soviet Union is alluded to and while 1991 Palin orders a train ticket to Leningrad, the 1992 credits tease passing into the newly-renamed St. Failed Future Forecast: Palin's film crew passes through parts of the Soviet Union in 1991.Exactly What It Says on the Tin: In "Pole to Pole," Palin and company travel from pole to pole.
Damn You, Muscle Memory!: In northern Norway, Palin briefly drives on the wrong side of a town street before remembering that Norwegians drive on the right side of the road, the opposite of Palin's native Britain.Bears Are Bad News: Though they never encounter one, the Svalbard guides carry guns to protect themselves and their charges from the very real threat of polar bears.Pole to Pole is a 1992 documentary series hosted by Michael Palin during which, in the course of eight episodes, he travels from the North Pole to the South Pole. Metacritic TV Episode Reviews, From Pole to Pole, In an episode named after his 1992 adventure, Michael explores Poland from Gdansk in the North to the.
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