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| Pole to Pole with Michael Palin | |
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| Written by | Michael Palin |
| Directed by | Roger Mills Clem Vallence |
| Presented by | Michael Palin |
| Composer | Paddy Kingsland |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Clem Vallence |
| Editor | David Thomas |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production companies | Prominent Television Passepartout Productions BBC A&E |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 21 October – 9 December 1992 |
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Pole to Pole with Michael Palin is an eight-part television BBC documentary travel series, first broadcast on BBC 1 in 1992, and presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin. The programme is the sequel to Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin, and was the second of Palin's major journeys, the series focusing on a journey along the 30-degree east line of longitude from the North Pole to the South Pole, sticking to using mainly cars, buses, trains and ships to make the 5-month journey, while travelling through northern and eastern Europe (including through the territory of the Soviet Union before its collapse), and Africa; a last-minute change of plans led to the journey diverting through South America, in order to reach Antarctica .
The series' broadcast rights were later sold on to various countries around the world, and later released onto VHS taps and DVD. A book recounting the trip, Pole to Pole, was later released by the BBC, containing many pictures captured on the trip, as well as Palin's insights on every aspect of the journey he experienced. The series was later followed by Full Circle with Michael Palin in 1997.