Michael Palin: Into Iraq

Michael Palin: Into Iraq

Documentary 2022

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Michael Palin embarks on an epic, revelatory journey into Iraq, one of the most dangerous and complex countries in the world. Iraq is often called the 'cradle of civilisation' and Michael wants to explore the country's past as well as its troubled present.

Documentary 2022

15

Starring Michael Palin

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Michael Palin embarks on a 1000-mile adventure into Iraq, a country he has never been to before. He boards a train in the spectacular snow-capped mountains of Lake Hazar in eastern Turkey, the source of the river Tigris, which Michael will follow until he reaches the Persian Gulf on the southern most coast of Iraq.

44 min · 20 Sept 2022 15
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Michael continues his journey into the heart of Iraq on his way to Baghdad, and arrives in Kirkuk and the exact spot where the British discovered oil in 1927, when they also ruled the country.

45 min · 20 Sept 2022 15
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

As he starts the final part of his journey deep into Iraq, Michael finds a local school in Baghdad, where he talks to the children about life in Iraq and what they hope to do in the future, and how they see the rest of the world.

45 min · 20 Sept 2022 12

Michael Palin

Host
Neil Ferguson

Director
Jess Jacobs

Producer
Will Smith

Producer

About

Michael Palin: Into Iraq

DOCUMENTARY

Michael Palin embarks on an epic, revelatory journey into Iraq, one of the most dangerous and complex countries in the world. Iraq is often called the 'cradle of civilisation' and Michael wants to explore the country's past as well as its troubled present.

Information

Studio: Special Broadcasting Service
Released: 2022
Rated: 15
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom), English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.