Season 1

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  8.5/1090 votes

  Alaska and Russia

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/31/1997

  Michael Palin travels around the Pacific rim. He starts in the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, goes to see the Kodiak bear in Alaska and visits the geysers and hot springs of Kamchatka.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.5/1090 votes

  Japan and Korea

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1997

  In this episode Michael Palin samples the oddity of Oriental life while passing through Japan and South Korea.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.4/1086 votes

  China

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1997

  Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.8/1085 votes

  Vietnam and the Philippines

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1997

  Michael Palin visits Hanoi, takes a sampan on the Perfume River, witnesses psychic surgery, sees the Cu Chi tunnels, judges a beauty contest and fails to see the Banaue rice terraces.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  7.7/1085 votes

  Borneo and Java

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1997

  From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu sea in a leaky ferry. He travels on through the Borneo jungle to Java where he climbs a volcano.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.3/1088 votes

  Australia and New Zealand

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/1997

  Michael Palin reaches Australia where his activities include a cameo role in Home and Away. He also looks for sperm whales in New Zealand's icy waters.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.3/1086 votes

  Chile and Bolivia

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1997

  Michael Palin lands on Cape Horn, parties on Chiloé, visits Santiago, the Juan Fernández Islands and La Paz, and crosses the Andes by a train which is derailed.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.4/1085 votes

  Bolivia and Peru

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1997

  Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes, before an 1,000 mile journey along the Urubamba river to the Amazon.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1082 votes

  Peru and Colombia

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/2/1997

  From a canoe in the Peruvian rainforest, Michael Palin visits Machiguenga Indian villages in one of remotest spots on planet. He then he sails down Amazon on a restored riverboat.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.0/1083 votes

  Mexico, USA, Canada and Alaska

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/9/1997

  Michael Palin travels from Mexico City to the Diomede Islands where his trek began. He meets up with illegal immigrants in Mexico, cruises San Francisco's gay scene and visits Alcatraz.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown