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Explore The World From The Comfort Of Your Sofa

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5 Sep 10th, 2007 

8 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

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The best travel documentaries ever .

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Finding enough time to watch it all .

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There are travel documentaries and there are those featuring Michael Palin. This superb box set is not so much a who's who of travel, but more a where's where.
Palin's gentle manner and off-beat humor if as much part of the entertainment as the destinations he visits. Even if you don't like geography, you'll be hard pressed to find exploration of our planet from the comfort of your own sofa any better than this.

Tech Spec:
16 discs covering seven Michael Palin television series filmed for the BBC.
A total running time that runs into days not just hours.
Box set contents:
Hemingway Adventure - retracing the footsteps of writer Ernest Hemingway
Around The World In 80 Days - Jules Verne fiction put to the test
Pole To Pole - from North to South across Northern Europe, Russia & Africa
Full Circle - a 50,000 mile trip around the coastlines of the Pacific Ocean
Sahara - a trek across the worlds largest desert.
Himalaya - the highs and lows of the greatest mountain range of all.
Great Railway Journeys - Palins favorite hobby, train journeys. This time a little closer to home, the UK & Ireland

However, if I have to choose one of the series sets to watch over and over again if stuck on a desert island with only a dvd player for company, it would have to be Around The World In 80 Days.
Why?, because there is an air of tension about the whole thing. Jules Verne's book is fiction, Michael Palin's travels are real. You can almost sense that with each new day he thought to himself, "why am I doing this."
Enjoy.

Product reference: BBC # bbcdvd2214 

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Bens__mummy 10.09.2007 21:56

Good review but could do with some more info to gain higher ratings. Take a look at other reviews to get an idea of the level of info that is needed to gain higher ratings. ~ Em. x

HotBabes 10.09.2007 14:37

This sounds like a good set to have. More info would be helpful i.e. an overview of a few of your favourites and your opinion on them etc. :-)

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