Michael Palin: Into Iraq

In the Turkish city of Diyarbakir, Michael meets a local Kurdish woman, Dilan, for a local feast and a window into the Kurds' troubled relationship with Iraq. The next morning, Michael arrives at the border, but it's a day-long process to cross.

Michael continues his journey into the heart of Iraq as he makes his way towards Baghdad. He arrives in Kirkuk and the exact spot where the British discovered oil in 1927, when the country was under British rule.

Michael finds a local school in Baghdad and, as he did in North Korea, he talks to the children about their lives. He finds out what they hope to do in the future and how they see the rest of the world.