1 Season
7 Episode
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days - Season 1 Episode 2 Arabian Frights
Palin arrives in Egypt, only to find difficulty getting a train to Cairo. When in the capital, he attends a local soccer match and appears in a cameo role in an Egyptian film. After seeing the Pyramids in Giza and riding a camel sharing his name, Palin runs into trouble when a ship he was supposed to board develops engine issues and cannot run. Even though he is able to board a ferry getting out of the city of Suez, he misses a key connection that would have taken him to Muscat. As a last ditch effort to save the journey, Palin (however, only he) is allowed to drive across Saudi Arabia to Dubai.
- Year : 1989
- Country : United Kingdom, Austria, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : BBC One
- Keyword : travel, miniseries, adventurer, travelogue, travel show, adventure
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- Cast : Michael Palin, Don Bannerman, Chris Collins, Basil Pao, Terry Gilliam, David Powers