Pole to pole with Michael Palin

If the idea - a trek from the North to the South Pole travelling along the 30 degree East line of longitude - was simplicity itself, the actual journey proved to be quite the opposite. Using every conceivable mode of transport Michael Palin and his crew passed through 17 countries and filmed for five months. What you see is what they saw - warts, bedbugs and all.

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Credits

co-director

Clem Vallance

Roger Mills

producer

Clem Vallance

production company

BBC

Passepartout Productions

Prominent Television

Duration

06:26:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1992

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303510

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

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

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Television → Television series

Travelogue

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1992

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