Sahara with Michael Palin - Season 1 Episode 3 Absolute Desert

Name: Sahara with Michael Palin
Genre: Documentary
Released: 03 Nov 2002
Rating: 7.30
Cast: Michael Palin

2002-11-03 United Kingdom, Gibraltar 60 minutes.

7.30 13 votes

Documentary africa mountain morocco sahara desert travel desert culture

Episodes
Info
Cast

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Oct 13, 2002

1 - 1

A Line in the Sand Oct 13, 2002
1 - 2

Destination Timbuktu Oct 20, 2002
1 - 3

Absolute Desert Oct 27, 2002
1 - 4

Dire Straits Nov 03, 2002

0 Season 0 Jan 01, 1970

0 - 1

Interview with Michael Palin Jan 01, 1970
0 - 2

Video Diary Jan 01, 1970
0 - 3

Deleted 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