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All Episodes of Full Circle with Michael Palin

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Season 1

8.5/1092 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: Roger Mills
Writer: Michael Palin
8.5/1091 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: Clem Vallance
Writer: Michael Palin
8.4/1088 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: Clem Vallance
Writer: Michael Palin
7.8/1087 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: Roger Mills
Writer: Michael Palin
7.7/1087 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: Clem Vallance
Writer: Michael Palin
8.3/1090 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: Roger Mills
Writer: Michael Palin
8.3/1087 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: Roger Mills
Writer: Michael Palin
8.4/1088 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: Clem Vallance
Writer: Michael Palin
8.0/1086 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: Clem Vallance
Writer: Michael Palin
8.0/1087 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: Roger Mills
Writer: Michael Palin