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Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC One
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Season 1

  • Alaska and Russia
    8.5/1085 votes
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    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.

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  • Japan and Korea
    8.5/1084 votes
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    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.

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  • China
    8.4/1081 votes
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    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.

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  • Vietnam and the Philippines
    7.8/1080 votes
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    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.

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  • Borneo and Java
    7.7/1080 votes
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    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.

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  • Australia and New Zealand
    8.3/1082 votes
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    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.

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  • Chile and Bolivia
    8.3/1081 votes
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    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.

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  • Bolivia and Peru
    8.4/1080 votes
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    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.

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  • Peru and Colombia
    8.0/1079 votes
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    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.

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  • Mexico, USA, Canada and Alaska
    8.0/1080 votes
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    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.

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