Sahara with Michael Palin - Season 1 Episode 3 Absolute Desert
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Oct 13, 2002
-
1 - 1A Line in the Sand Oct 13, 2002 -
1 - 2Destination Timbuktu Oct 20, 2002 -
1 - 3Absolute Desert Oct 27, 2002 -
1 - 4Dire Straits Nov 03, 2002
0
Season 0 Jan 01, 1970
-
0 - 1Interview with Michael Palin Jan 01, 1970 -
0 - 2Video Diary Jan 01, 1970 -
0 - 3Deleted Scenes Jan 01, 1970
Overview
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.
Year 2002
Studio BBC One
Director
Crew John-Paul Davidson (Director), Peter Meakin (Camera Operator), Roger Mills (Director), Elizabeth Parker (Original Music Composer), Nigel Meakin (Director of Photography)
Popularity 1.1632
Language Arabic, English
