Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days - Season 1 Episode 4 A Close Shave
1989-11-22
United Kingdom, Austria, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United States of America
50 minutes.
Season - Episode
1
Season 1 Oct 11, 1989
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1 - 1The Challenge Oct 11, 1989 -
1 - 2Arabian Frights Oct 18, 1989 -
1 - 3Ancient Mariners Oct 25, 1989 -
1 - 4A Close Shave Nov 01, 1989 -
1 - 5Oriental Express Nov 08, 1989 -
1 - 6Far East Farther East Nov 15, 1989 -
1 - 7Dateline to Deadline Nov 22, 1989
0
Season 0 Dec 30, 2008
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0 - 1Around the World in 20 Years Dec 30, 2008 -
0 - 2Interview Jan 01, 1970
Overview
In Mumbai, Palin finds himself a week behind Phileas Fogg. He is able to find a train from there to Chennai in the south. Before leaving Mumbai, he runs into an astrologist who, after giving him a chart for a baby to be born to one of his referees, tells him he will complete the journey on time. He finds himself in trouble, however, trying to get a connecting boat to Singapore. Eventually, an "...Anglo-German-Indo-Yugoslav agreement the UN would have been proud of" was reached and Palin was on his way, albeit eleven days behind. This agreement meant that only Palin and the cameraman Nigel could travel aboard the ship, meaning that Palin had to take a "crash course in sound testing" so they could film aboard the ship. One of the train stops on his way from Mumbai to Chennai is Poona, where Palin talks about his father winning two rowing cups there in the 1920s.
Year 1989
Studio BBC One
Director
Crew Clem Vallance (Director), Michael Palin (Writer), Jules Verne (Writer), Paddy Kingsland (Original Music Composer), Clem Vallance (Producer), Roger Mills (Director)
Popularity 3.7486
Language English
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