Sahara with Michael Palin

Series in which Michael Palin explores nine fascinating countries and their cultures during a trek across the Sahara Desert.

Sahara with Michael Palin - A Line in the Sand

Series in which Michael Palin explores nine countries during a trek across the Sahara. He begins at Tangier in Morocco after crossing the Straits of Gibraltar.

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Sahara with Michael Palin - Absolute Desert

Trekking across the Sahara. Michael reaches Timbuktu, once one of the great centres of Islamic learning, then heads east to the land of nomadic herders the Wodaabe.

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Sahara with Michael Palin - Destination Timbuktu

Series charting a trek across the Sahara Desert. After a brief stopover in cosmopolitan Senegal, Michael endures two nights aboard the train to Bamako.

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Sahara with Michael Palin - Dire Straits

Trekking across the Sahara. Michael arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the lawless, desolate region where Mark Thatcher famously got lost.

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