Full Circle with Michael Palin
| Full Circle with Michael Palin | |
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| Written by | Michael Palin |
| Presented by | Michael Palin |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
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| Original network | BBC |
| Original release | 31 August – 9 November 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Pole to Pole |
| Followed by | Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure |
Full Circle with Michael Palin is the title of a 10-part 1997 documentary television series produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Presented by Michael Palin of Monty Python fame, Full Circle was the third of a series of programmes in which Palin made unusual and interesting trips. The first was Around the World in 80 Days, a 7-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1989, and the second was Pole to Pole, an 8-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1992.
The series documented a 10-month, 50,000 mile (80,000 km) trip taken by Palin and a film crew around the rim of the Pacific Ocean in 1995 and 1996, beginning on the Diomede Islands between Alaska and Russia in the Bering Strait. The intent was to make the full anti-clockwise trip around the Pacific Rim and end up back on the Diomede Islands, but due to rough weather, he was unable to actually set foot back on the Islands again at the end of his journey. He got within two miles of completing the full circle. Palin travelled through Russia, Japan, South Korea (they were not allowed to travel very far in North Korea), China, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, United States, and Canada.
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