Homeward bound

United Kingdom, 1989

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Episode number 2 of Series “Around the world in 80 days”.
Homeward bound covers days 28 to 79 of Michael Palin’s (ex- Monty Python) 20th Century attempt to replicate the round-the-world trip of the fictional Phineas Fogg. The video takes us with Michael from Madras to Singapore via a Yugoslav freighter on which Palin works as a deckhand; from Singapore to Hong Kong and Shanghai, where Palin samples snake; from Shanghai to California via the eerie uninhabited world of a giant container ship and then by train, dog sled, balloon and ship on the last leg back to London.

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Credits

co-director

Clem Vallance

Roger Mills

producer

Clem Vallance

production company

Arts and Entertainment Network

BBC-TV

Duration

02:52:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1989

Appears in

Around the world in 80 days

Group of items

Around the world in 80 days

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302849

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Voyages and travels

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Voyages around the world

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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