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Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

These towns look doomed. Why change anything when in a fewyears all this will be engulfed?

These towns look doomed. Why change anything when in a few
years all this will be engulfed?

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These towns look doomed.
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Why change anything when in a few years all this will be engulfed?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:43
Uploaded
May 27, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary
Production
Firecrest Films

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Movie Summary

Michael Palin has a nostalgic look back on five of his travel adventures - Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Sahara and Himalaya.
S01 • E04 There was passenger accommodation at the back, but whether you got - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:06
There was passenger accommodation at the back, but whether y...
S01 • E02 It feels like Michael Palin comes from a better time. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:29
It feels like Michael Palin comes from a better time.
S01 • E03 We decide to stop here and look at the town. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:19
We decide to stop here and look at the town.
S01 • E04 But it is the only way of getting through Mauritania. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:05
But it is the only way of getting through Mauritania.
S01 • E04 There's one last hope, the recycling bin at the back of the train. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:23
There's one last hope, the recycling bin at the back of...
S01 • E03 I don't think this happens very often in a town like Wushan, - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:11
I don't think this happens very often in a town like Wu...
S01 • E02 When we got to Aswan, the cruises all go back north - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:16
When we got to Aswan, the cruises all go back north
S01 • E02 All migrant workers from Egypt crammed on the deck - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:16
All migrant workers from Egypt crammed on the deck
S01 • E01 Nothing like this had been done before, which made the whole thing - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:19
Nothing like this had been done before, which made the whole...
S01 • E04 The Iron Ore Express may take a while to get going, - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:08
The Iron Ore Express may take a while to get going,
S01 • E02 "We're on our way out of Egypt, at last. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:21
"We're on our way out of Egypt, at last.
S01 • E04 The train was carrying me west towards the Atlantic coast - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:57
The train was carrying me west towards the Atlantic coast
S01 • E03 Here we are, barging in while you're having your lunch. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:31
Here we are, barging in while you're having your lunch.
S01 • E04 Down here it's like a huge department store, - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:08
Down here it's like a huge department store,
S01 • E02 Bye! - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:04
Bye!
S01 • E02 NARRATION: There were 3,000 to 4,000 passengers - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:39
NARRATION: There were 3,000 to 4,000 passengers
S01 • E01 This was a time before technology took over our lives. - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:12
This was a time before technology took over our lives.
S01 • E02 MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:11
MAN SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
S01 • E03 Vietnam was remarkable because I was sort of brought up - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:23
Vietnam was remarkable because I was sort of brought up
S01 • E02 Everyone up here travels free, and there are plenty of punters - Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime 00:54
Everyone up here travels free, and there are plenty of punte...