Dire Straits
Trekking across the Sahara. Michael arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the lawless, desolate region where Mark Thatcher famously got lost.
Series charting Michael Palin's trek across the Sahara Desert. Michael arrives at the border of Niger and Algeria, the most desolate crossing, and then turning north Michael passes through the mountains of the Hoggar massif before pausing in the oil and gas fields of central Algeria. Then onto Libya to attend the very last reunion of the Desert Rats of Tobruk, before turning west along the north coast past deserted classical sites at Apollonia, Cyrene and Leptis Magna.
Crossing into Tunis, Michael relives the filming of The Life of Brian in Monastir, before taking the Maghreb Express to the dangerous city of Algiers, and then west to Algeria's second city, Oran.
Just along the coast is Ceuta, a Spanish enclave on Morocco's coast, where Michael talks to would-be immigrants before returning to Gibraltar. En route he learns of the terrible fate that has engulfed many Saharan people who attempt the eight-mile crossing.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Michael Palin |
Director | John-Paul Davidson |
Producer | Roger Mills |
Broadcasts
- Sun 3 Nov 2002 19:0091热爆 One London
- Wed 6 Aug 2008 20:00
- Tue 26 Jan 2010 20:00
- Sun 31 Jul 2011 19:00
- Mon 1 Aug 2011 03:35
- Thu 25 Aug 2016 15:1591热爆 Two except East, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Thu 1 Feb 2018 14:0091热爆 Two except East, Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 23 Jan 2021 19:00
- Sun 24 Jan 2021 01:45
- Sun 7 May 2023 01:35
- Sat 13 May 2023 19:00
- Wed 24 Jan 2024 20:00
- Thu 25 Jan 2024 01:40