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1. Just Another Day (1983–1986)
Documentary
Stars: John Pitman, Duke of Gloucester, Eileen Fowler, Duchess of Gloucester
Votes: 8
2. Around the World in 80 Days (II) (1989)
49 min | Documentary
Michael Palin attempts to copy the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to travel around the world (without flying) in 80 days.
Stars: Michael Palin, Basil Pao, Chris Collins, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 1,928
3. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,149
4. Sailor (1976– )
300 min | Documentary
A major BBC television documentary series, first shown in 1976. About the life on board the fourth HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft carrier. It followed the ship on a five and a half month... See full summary »
Stars: Twinkle Powell, Leslie Conway
Votes: 27
5. Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Documentary, History
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy.
Votes: 979
6.
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Episode:
Dateline to Deadline
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary
With 22 days to go, delays, misunderstandings and a bomb impede Michael Palin's journey.
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam
Votes: 105
7.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Alaska/Russia
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
From Diomede Island to Alaska then across to Kamchatka peninsula which is one of the scenic highlights of this series. From there to Vladivostok.
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Rob Hehnlin
Votes: 79
8. Pole to Pole (1992– )
50 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael Palin undertakes a journey by the most direct route possible with the most land to cross from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen, Graham Hancock
Votes: 1,428
9. Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
500 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael Palin embarks on another epic journey of exploration and adventure, this time 15,000 miles through 18 countries around the Pacific rim.
Stars: Michael Palin, Rob Hehnlin
Votes: 1,270
10.
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Episode:
Far East and Farther East
(1989)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Ten days behind schedule, Michael Palin sets sail for Japan.
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Stars: Michael Palin, Basil Pao, David Powers
Votes: 108
11.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Cold Start
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Palin begins at the North Pole, flying there on a small aeroplane fitted with skis. From there, he heads to Greenland, then the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, where the towns of Ny ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Stars: Michael Palin, Neil Hardwick, Lasse Lehtinen
Votes: 97
12.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Russian Steps
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Palin meets up with a Vladimir Lenin impersonator, witnesses a Russian Orthodox baptism ceremony, visits the cemetery where the likes of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky are ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 93
13.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Chile/Bolivia
(1997)
48 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael picks up in South America at Cape Horn and then as he travels up the coast of Chile, visits some islands off the coast and on into the Atacama Desert and by a very interesting train to Bolivia.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 76
14. Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
360 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels the Himalaya mountain region.
Stars: Michael Palin, The Dalai Lama
Votes: 1,215
15.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Mediterranean Maze
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Arriving by ferry to Istanbul, Turkey, Palin stays at the Pera Palas, where Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express and experiences a turkish bath, getting the full treatment ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 93
16.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Australia/New Zealand
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael starts in Darwin and then on to Katherine, Alice Springs, Adelaide, Sydney and then on to New Zealand.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 77
17.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
How to Film the Impossible
(1985)
Documentary
Stars: Roger Mills, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Dennis Muren
Votes: 13
18.
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Episode:
A Close Shave
(1989)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Michael Palin and the crew arrive in Bombay one week behind schedule.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 112
19.
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
Episode:
Annapurna to Everest
(2004)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary
Michael hikes the Himalaya foothills in Nepal.
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 39
20. Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
50 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels across Sahara desert region, the largest in the world.
Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 878
21.
Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
Episode:
The Challenge
(1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary
Actor and writer Michael Palin takes up the challenge to emulate Phileas Fogg's adventure.
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Max Votolato
Votes: 115
22.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Mexico/Western USA/Canada/Alaska
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael starts in Mexico City, looks at the Mexico/US border from both sides and then visits LA and San Francisco before heading into Canada and hitting a final disappointment.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 75
23.
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
Episode:
Destination Timbuktu
(2002)
60 min | Documentary
Michael Palin crosses the Sénégal River from Rosso, Mauritania to Saint-Louis "French port", Gorée Island "Slavery port", to Dakar "capital" in Senegal. He takes the Bamako Express train to... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 31
24.
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
Episode:
A Passage to India
(2004)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary
Michael Palin has reached the second highest mountain in the world, K2 (8,611m), but there is no passage to India here. A high-level stand-off between the Pakistani and Indian armies means ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, The Dalai Lama
Votes: 43
25.
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
Episode:
The Roof of the World
(2004)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary
Leaving Everest Base Camp,Michael Palin takes the high road to Lhasa to see for himself what the Chinese have done to Tibet. From the Potala Palace to the great monasteries of Tashilunpo ... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 33
26.
Inside Story (1974– )
Episode:
Mini
(1975)
44 min | Documentary
Michael 'Mini' Cooper is a child who cannot stop setting fire to things. The young arsonist has been deemed not safe to be out in society, and the hunt is on for a suitable institution.
Director: Franc Roddam | Star: Michael Cooper
Votes: 75
27. Around the World in 20 Years (2008 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Michael Palin attempts to emulate the exploits of fictional character Phileas Fogg, by trying to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days without flying .
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Mahesh Bhatt, Bill Nelson, Hassan Suleyman
Votes: 363
28.
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
Episode:
Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal
(2004)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary
In the remote Kingdom of Bhutan, Michael Palin finds himself back in the land of yaks for a last look at the high Himalaya. Passing Tiger's Nest Monastery, Michael treks towards the Base ... See full summary »
Directors: John-Paul Davidson, Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 33
29.
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
Episode:
Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas
(2004)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary
Following the Yangtze River along Tiger Leaping Gorge into Yunnan in South West China, Michael Palin reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas. At Lugu Lake he is the guest of the ... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 33
30.
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
Episode:
Dire Straits
(2002)
60 min | Documentary
He travels Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, coastal Algeria, Morocco, then Gibraltar: In-Guezzam (border) and Hassi Messauoud (Oil town) in Algeria; Tobruk, Benghazi, and the ruins of Apollonia (... See full summary »
Directors: John-Paul Davidson, Roger Mills
Votes: 27
31.
Brazil with Michael Palin (2012– )
Episode:
The Deep South
(2012)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary
Moving on to the deep south, Michael finds many surprises as he encounters the rich diversity of the more European and Asian cultures that have created a new melting pot in the deep south of Brazil.
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Michael Palin, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Criolo, Marina Xavier da Silva
Votes: 30
32.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Crossing the Line
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
In the old Ethiopian capital of Gondar Palin visits the former home of Emperor Haile Selassie, as well as his pet lion. After a couple of hitchhiking rides he arrives at the Kenya border. ... See full summary »
Directors: Roger Mills, Clem Vallance | Stars: Michael Palin, Graham Hancock
Votes: 92
33.
Pole to Pole (1992– )
Episode:
Evil Shadow
(1992)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
In Zambia Palin meets a witch doctor who tells him that he has an "evil shadow" and bad things lie ahead for him. Palin then moves on to Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, where he goes ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 93
34.
Himalaya with Michael Palin (2004– )
Episode:
North by Northwest
(2004)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
Beginning at the Khyber Pass, Michael Palin takes the Khyber steam railway through the North-West Frontier Province, home of the Pathan people, a fierce race who live by the philosophy of hospitality and revenge.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 48
35.
Full Circle with Michael Palin (1997– )
Episode:
Vietnam/Philippines
(1997)
49 min | Adventure, Documentary
Michael sees Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue, the Mekong Delta, Saigon and then on to the Philippines including Manila, Zamboanga and faith healers.
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 75
36.
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Episode:
Part Five: 1993-1996
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, History
Russian society implodes and millions of Russian people fall into the abyss. Many turn to live underground or in the forests. The president attacks parliament with tanks saying he is saving... See full summary »
Director: Adam Curtis
Votes: 31
37.
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Episode:
Part Six: 1994-1998
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, History
The group around the president believe a war in Chechnya will save him. Others want the war to restore the glory of the Russian empire. The Oligarchs seize control of practically everything... See full summary »
Director: Adam Curtis
Votes: 31
38. Whicker's World (1959–1994)
Documentary
Renowned journalist John Whicker travels the globe, uncovering unique cultural, historical, and social stories in witty and insightful episodes.
Stars: Alan Whicker, Robert Arnott, Patrick Lichfield, Christopher Lee
Votes: 51
39.
New Europe (2007– )
Episode:
From Pole to Pole
(2007)
54 min | Documentary
Michael Palin tours Poland only: From seaport Gdansk where Lech Walesa and his Solidarity movement in 1989 lead to the Fall of USSR; to the capital Warsaw; to the Renaissance Old Town and ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Stars: Michael Palin, Lech Walesa
Votes: 39
40.
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
Episode:
A Line in the Sand
(2002)
60 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels Gibraltar; Morocco; Algeria/Western Sahara; then Mauritania: Gibraltar; Tangier (Euro-Arabic city), Fez (perfect Islamic City, 1200 yr old garment/skin dye industry), ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 32
41.
Sahara with Michael Palin (2002– )
Episode:
Absolute Desert
(2002)
60 min | Documentary
Michael Palin continues in Mali to Timbuktu visiting the ancient Mosque of mud. He follows a camel caravan of Wodaabe nomads to Ingal in Niger for the annual Sahara Cure Salée festival, to ... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 29
42.
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Episode:
Part Two: 1989-1991
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, History
There are no potatoes in Moscow. Things get worse. Then they get much worse as the rational Communist plan runs out of control everywhere. But McDonald's opens in Moscow.
Director: Adam Curtis
Votes: 38
43.
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Episode:
Part Three: 1991
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, History
The empire strikes back. The hardliners bring tanks to Moscow. But power slips through their shaking hands. The Oligarchs publish their manifesto for the future. Money will replace all ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Curtis
Votes: 33
44.
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Episode:
Part Four: 1992-1994
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, History
Russia goes through the mirror. There is a new plan to create democracy overnight. Those in charge say it is rational. What it creates is a terrifying dream world where nothing is stable ... See full summary »
Director: Adam Curtis
Votes: 32
45.
Brazil with Michael Palin (2012– )
Episode:
Out of Africa
(2012)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary
Michael Palin starts his visit of Brazil, the last subcontinent he never visited, in the populous North east, where its colonial history started. It remains the most African and racially ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Hanly | Stars: Michael Palin, Susie Valerio
Votes: 34
46.
Brazil with Michael Palin (2012– )
Episode:
Into Amazonia
(2012)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
Michael proceeds to Brazil's young interior, the Amazon jungle states, land of pioneers and promising future, but harsh present. He visits two native tribes, the famous Yanomani, who grew ... See full summary »
Director: John-Paul Davidson | Stars: Michael Palin, Gaby Amarantos, Priscilla Brasil, Thiago Castanho
Votes: 32
47. New Europe (2007– )
50 min | Documentary
With the Iron Curtain coming down in 1991, Michael Palin embarks on 20 countries tour from Balkans to Baltic of Central and Eastern Europe.
Stars: Michael Palin, Sevval Sam, Ilie Nastase, Lech Walesa
Votes: 747
48.
New Europe (2007– )
Episode:
Danube to Dnieper
(2007)
55 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels Hungary and Ukraine. He tours thru Hungary's Capital, Budapest, incl'd cathedral, old headquarters of Nazi and Communist, and Zwarck Unicum winery; then Tokaji Aszú ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 38
49.
New Europe (2007– )
Episode:
Baltic Summer
(2007)
55 min | Documentary
Michael Palin travels thru Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, to Kaliningrad, the only Russia oblast (state) in the European Sea. From Estonia capital, Tallinn to Latvia capital Riga to Lithuania ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Mills | Star: Michael Palin
Votes: 38
50.
Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone (2022)
Episode:
Part Seven: 1995-1999
(2022)
59 min | Documentary, History
A massive boom spreads through Moscow. It seems that capitalism has arrived. But suddenly the western bankers flee taking the money with them. The Oligarchs take control of a ruined society... See full summary »
Director: Adam Curtis
Votes: 32