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Sahara with Michael Palin: Absolute Desert

Sahara with Michael Palin (2002)

Travel | UK

Director: John-Paul Davidson, Roger Mills

BBC Four | Saturday, 6 May 2023 | 19:00

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Saturday, 6 May 2023 19:00

Wednesday, 24 August 2016 15:15

SEASON: 1

EPISODE: 3 - Absolute Desert

SYNOPSIS

Michael reaches Timbuktu, one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning until the 16th century, and then heads east to the land of nomadic herders - the Wodaabee. They take Michael to Ingall for the Cure Salee, an annual gathering of clans.

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Writer: Michael Palin

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