Michael Palin's Travels: Sahara Episode Guide

All Episodes (4)

Dire Straights
Original Airdate: 2003-04-27

Synopsis:

Niger/Algeria border; mountains of the Hoggar massif; oil and gas fields; Libya; classical sites at Apollonia, Cyrene and Leptis Magna.

Absolute Desert
Original Airdate: 2003-04-20

Synopsis:

Tombouctou; ancient astronomical textbooks; the house of Alexander Laing; the complex rituals of the Wodaabe include an annual pageant where girls choose the prettiest boys.

Destination Timbuktu
Original Airdate: 2003-04-13

Synopsis:

Jazz clubs, wrestling competitions and dance troupes in Senegal; soap-opera star Marie-Madeleine; polygamy; kora player Toumani Diabate; Dogon country.

Line in the Sand
Original Airdate: 2003-04-06

Synopsis:

Gibraltar; Tangier, Morocco; Polisario Front; Sahawari people; Chinguetti; desert draughts; 24th Paris-Dakar Rally.

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