Sir Michael Palin - From the archives
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.6 • 758 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Sir Michael Palin - where do you start! He’s a legendary comedian, part of pop culture history as one of Monty Python. He’s a BAFTA-winning actor, a best-selling author, and one of our most loved travel documentarians and travel writers. His journeys across the world, beginning with Around the World in 80 Days, followed by Pole to Pole, Full Circle, Sahara, Himalaya, Brazil and more, were a key part of how many of us discovered the world growing up, through his eyes, and through his warmth and curiosity with whoever he encountered along the way.
From Saharan Africa and the Amazon, to western Scotland and North Korea, it was such an honour to hear the travel diaries of Sir Michael Palin. I hope you enjoy them.
Destination recap:
- Sheffield, England
- Norfolk, England
- Solden, Austria
- Venice, Italy
- Barbados
- Morocco
- Mauritania
- Chinguetti, Mali
- Persian gulf to Indian Ocean dhow boat trip
- West coast of Scotland including Glencoe
- Aberfeldy, Scotland
- New York, USA
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Kolkata, India
- Pongo de Mainique, Peru
- North Korea
- Algiers
- Vietnam
- Gulag camps, Kolyma, Russia
- Mongolia and the 'Stans
- Altai Mountains
- Walking in the Dolomites, Italy
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. I'm your host, journalist Holly Rubinstein, |
| 0:10.8 | and today I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their |
| 0:16.3 | life's travel diaries. From their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love |
| 0:22.1 | with to their hidden gem and what's at the top of their travel bucket list, we'll be uncovering |
| 0:27.8 | their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped |
| 0:33.2 | their lives. Well, to say I've been excited to share this episode with you is a bit of an |
| 0:39.1 | understatement. Sir Michael Palin, where do you start? He's a legendary comedian, part of pop culture |
| 0:46.6 | history as one of Monty Python. He's a BAFTA-winning actor, a best-selling author, and one of our |
| 0:53.5 | most loved travel documentaries and |
| 0:56.1 | travel writers. His journeys across the world, beginning with around the world in 80 days, |
| 1:01.6 | then pole to pole, full circle, Sahara, Himalaya, Brazil. They were a key part of how many of us |
| 1:07.9 | discovered the world growing up through his eyes and through his warmth |
| 1:12.8 | and curiosity with whoever he encountered along the way. Most introductions to Sir Michael mention |
| 1:18.8 | how he is known to be maybe the nicest person in show business. I just think what a lovely |
| 1:23.9 | reputation to have and he certainly lived up to it. He invited me into his London |
| 1:28.9 | family home for this chat where he's lived since 1968 and he shared so generously such wonderful |
| 1:37.2 | travel stories. We zigzag all over the globe with this one from Saharan Africa to Western |
| 1:43.1 | Scotland and the Amazon to North Korea. |
| 1:47.4 | These are the travel diaries of a true travel legend, Sir Michael Palin. |
| 1:52.1 | I hope you enjoy them. So Michael Palin, welcome to the travel diaries. |
| 2:10.2 | It's such an honour to have you on today. |
| 2:12.4 | Oh, gosh. |
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