Travel with Michael Palin as he stars, writes and narrates this fascinating travel adventure across the Khyber Pass, through the Himalya finishing at the Bay of Bengal - a journey over 2000 miles. Documenting some quite spectacular scenery, Palin meets many hospitable and intriguing people from diverse cultural backgrounds - he is even granted an interview with the Dalai Lama. We learn in a pre-trip interview that at sixty years of age Palin is somewhat nervous at the prospect of this adventure but still excited by the idea of discovering new places, none of which he has been to before - quite a feat as this is his sixth televised international journey. A six part television series complete on three DVDs, the set contains over 90 minutes of extra footage.
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ACMI Identifier
318959
Languages
English
English
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interviews
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television programs - Great Britain
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Adventure and adventurers
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Afghanistan - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Himalaya Mountains
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Mountains
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Nepal
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Nepal - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Nepal - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Pakistan
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tibet (China)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tibet - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travelers
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Voyages and travels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Mountains
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Buddhist monasteries - Tibet
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Village communities
History → Adventure and adventurers
People → Dalai Lama XIV, 1935-
Places → Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD; Access Print (Section 1)