Sahara with Michael Palin - Season 1 Episode 4 Dire Straits

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 arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the most desolate crossing, and then turning north Michael passes through the mountains of the Hoggar massif before pausing in the oil and gas fields of central Algeria. Then onto Libya to attend the very last reunion of the Desert Rats of Tobruk, before turning west along the North Coast past deserted classical sites at Apollonia, Cyrene and Leptis Magna.

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