Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

Michael Palin revisits his first groundbreaking travel series, and follows the route of Phileas Fogg after accepting an offer to go around the world in 80 days.

Michael Palin revisits his second travel series, an ambitious trip from pole to pole, featuring reflections from Sir David Attenborough and Joanna Lumley.

Michael Palin revisits his third travel series, an epic trip around the Pacific Rim, from Russia to South America.

Michael Palin revisits his fourth and most personal travel series, a journey to explore the Sahara Desert.

This epic journey is for Michael the fulfilment of boyhood dreams. Beginning in the famous Khyber Pass, he travels through Pakistan and India, to Dharamshala, where he meets the Dalai Lama. He then battles altitude sickness to reach the base camp at Annapurna, where he is treated to some of the most spectacular views on the planet. And just possibly comes close to meeting a Yeti.

Continuing his Himalayan journey, Michael ascends into Nepal and Tibet to reach Everest base camp itself, where he follows in the footsteps of his heroes, 1920s mountaineers Mallory and Irvine. He meets a Yak herder on the great Tibetan plateau, head-hunters in Nagaland, and explores the magical mountain kingdom of Bhutan before finally descends to sea level in Bangladesh.