Watch Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

Name: Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Genre: Travel
Released: 2020-10-03
Cast: Michael PalinJoanna LumleyDavid Attenborough

2020
1 Season
7.9 (199)

Michael Palin revisits his travel series, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days. He draws on his personal archive of audio recordings and diary notebooks, and reflects on how he became a seasoned global traveller. The first episode revisits his visits to Venice, Cairo, Saudi Arabia, India, Hong Kong and China - a nation that was closed to most westerners at the time. Featuring contributions from fans and friends including David Attenborough, Joanna Lumley and Simon Reeve.

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime is a series that ran for 1 seasons (6 episodes) between October 3, 2020 and on BBC Two

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6. Himalaya Part 2

December 19, 2020

Continuing his Himalayan journey, Michael ascends into Nepal and Tibet to reach Everest base camp itself, where he follows in the footsteps of his heroes, 1920s mountaineers Mallory and Irvine. He meets a Yak herder on the great Tibetan plateau, head-hunters in Nagaland, and explores the magical mountain kingdom of Bhutan before finally descends to sea level in Bangladesh.

5. Himalaya Part 1

December 19, 2020

This epic journey is for Michael the fulfilment of boyhood dreams. Beginning in the famous Khyber Pass, he travels through Pakistan and India, to Dharamshala, where he meets the Dalai Lama. He then battles altitude sickness to reach the base camp at Annapurna, where he is treated to some of the most spectacular views on the planet. And just possibly comes close to meeting a Yeti.

4. Sahara

October 24, 2020

Episode 4 sees Michael revisit his fourth, and in some ways most personal, travel series. Inspired by the apparent emptiness of the desert as seen from a flight, and by boyhood dreams of exploration, Michael sets off to find out what this ‘blank space’ contains. He is delighted and inspired by the societies he encounters there

3. Full Circle

October 17, 2025

Episode 3 explores how, in his third series, Michael Palin took on his longest and most gruelling journey yet

2. Pole to Pole

October 10, 2022

Episode 2 explores how success of 80 Days opened the door for Michael Palin to tackle an even more ambitious journey for his next series. He would follow the line of 35 degrees latitude from North Pole to South, an incredibly challenging route across the USSR, Africa and finally Antarctica.

1. Around the World in 80 Days

October 3, 2020

Episode 1 explores how ex-Monty Python comic Michael Palin became an accidental traveller when he accepted an offer to go round the world in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg. Little did he know the resulting series would become the biggest hit of his career, change the face of TV travel programmes, and lead on to three decades of adventures in subsequent series like Pole to Pole and Full Circle.

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Where to Watch Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime is available for streaming on the BBC Two website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime on demand at Prime Video and Tubi TV.