8.4/10102 votes#1 - Cold Start
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/21/1992
The first leg takes Michael Palin from the North Pole to the gates of Russia.
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8.4/1099 votes#2 - Russian Steps
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/1992
Second leg of the journey: Palin has 12 days to cross Russia and reach the port of Odessa.
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8.3/1099 votes#3 - Mediterranean Maze
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/4/1992
Palin travels from Istanbul to Aswan on the Nile.
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7.6/1099 votes#4 - Shifting Sands
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/1992
In this part of the journey Michael Palin crosses the Sudan. He crosses the Nubian desert in the north of the country and traverses a region ravaged by drought, poverty, famine and civil war. Unable to follow the line of 30 degrees east, he is forced to take a route along the border with Northern Ethiopia.
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7.7/1098 votes#5 - Crossing the Line
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/18/1992
Having struggled through the Sudan, Michael Palin is now faced with the difficulty of getting across Ethiopia, where the armed remnants of the fallen dictator Mengistu's defeated army roam. He makes a dash to Addis Ababa with a military escort. He continues his journey to reach the Kenyan border and travels on to Lerata. He passes Mount Kenya, the significance of which is that now he has completed half of his journey.
Director: N/A
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7.9/1096 votes#6 - Plains and Boats and Trains
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/25/1992
Michael Palin begins this week with a tented safari in a Kenyan game park. He travels via the Ngoronoro Crater and arrives at Lake Tanganyika.
Director: N/A
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7.8/1098 votes#7 - Evil Shadow
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/2/1992
In this week's episode, Michael crosses Zambia and Zimbabwe towards Johannesburg.
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8.5/1096 votes#8 - Bitter End
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1992
Michael Palin fails in his attempt to get a berth on board the SA "Agulhas" on its once yearly sail to the South Pole. The search is on to find some other way of reaching the South Pole, abandoning all self-imposed restraints such as following 30 degrees east or using only surface transport.
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The Best Episodes of Pole to Pole Season 1
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Michael Palin undertakes an epic journey of 23,000 miles, travelling from the North to the South Pole across 17 countries with a minimum of air...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Cold Start" is the best rated episode of "Pole to Pole" season 1. It scored 8.4/10 based on 102 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/21/1992. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Russian Steps".