Full Circle with Michael Palin

2003•1 series•Entertainment / Travel

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This 1997 documentary chronicles Michael Palin's 50,000-mile adventure over ten months around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The actor and TV presenter begins the trip on the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait, with the intent to return there almost a year later ... if all goes well and Mother Nature cooperates. He travels by boat, train, plane and helicopter and makes stops in Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Borneo, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, the United States and Canada.

Episode 1Alaska and Russia

Michael starts a Pacific voyage in the Diomede Islands and visits Alaska and Russia.

Episode 2Japan and Korea

Michael meets a Monty Python superfan in Japan and faces travel obstacles in South Korea.

Episode 3China

Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea and takes a steamer down the Yangtze.

Episode 4Vietnam and the Philippines

Michael Palin visits Hanoi and judges a beauty contest.

Episode 5Borneo and Indonesia

Borneo and Java. From the Philippines, Michael Palin crosses the Sulu Sea in a leaky ferry.

Episode 6Australia and New Zealand

Michael Palin reaches Australia, where he has a cameo role in Home and Away.

Episode 7Chile and Bolivia

Michael Palin lands on Cape Horn and crosses the Andes by a train that is derailed.

Episode 8Peru and Machu Pichu

Bolivia and Peru. Michael Palin takes a reed boat on Lake Titicaca in the Andes.

Episode 9Peru and Colombia

Michael Palin travels from the Peruvian rainforest to Colombia.

Episode 10Mexico, USA, Canada and Alaska

Michael Palin travels from Mexico City to the Diomede Islands where his trek began.

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