Sahara with Michael Palin - Season 1 - Eps 3: Absolute Desert
Michael reaches Timbuktu along with a camel train carrying the giant salt blocks that made the city one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning up until the 16th century. He wanders through the rubble that is 21st century Timbuktu to find the Imam who shows him original astronomical textbooks that predate Galileo's discoveries by 200 years.
About Sahara with Michael Palin
Title: Sahara with Michael Palin
First Air Date: 2002-10-13
Last Air Date: 2002-11-03
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.3/10 (from 13 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 4
Network: BBC One
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Prominent Television, BBC
Synopsis
In this four-part BBC documentary, former Monty Python funnyman and renowned globe-trotter Michael Palin sets off from Gibraltar to travel across the Sahara, his witty humor downplaying the hardships he faces along the arduous journey. He travels to Morocco, Mauritania, Mali and beyond, across some of the harshest terrain on the planet.
Cast
Michael Palin
Self - Presenter
