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Around The World In 80 Days: The Challenge

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Around The World In 80 Days: Arabian Frights

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Around The World In 80 Days: Ancient Mariners

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Around The World In 80 Days: A Close Shave

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Around The World In 80 Days: Oriental Express

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Around The World In 80 Days: Far East And Farther East

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Around The World In 80 Days: Dateline To Deadline

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Travels with Palin

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198037m9.0

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Around The World In 80 Days: The Challenge

Season 2 · Episode 1 · Oct 11, 1989

Palin accepts the offer from the BBC to attempt travelling around the world in 80 days. After setting off from the Reform Club in London, he boards the Orient Express at Victoria Station in London, while reminiscing on his rigorous preparations for his upcoming circumnavigation, which included a daily exercise programme, a chat with seasoned TV traveller Alan Whicker, and the purchase of an inflatable globe. He also has dinner with his 'referees', who include fellow Pythons Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, and Robert Hewison. After taking a ferry across the English Channel, Palin crosses the Alps by train before being stopped in Innsbruck due to an Italian railway strike. Arriving in Venice by coach, he helps the local sanitation department clean up the city. After that, he travels through the Corinth Canal to Athens, where he sees the world-renowned evzones, and meets a die-hard Python fan. After a brief stopover in Crete, Alexandria beckons.

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Travels with Palin

TV Series

198037m9.0

ComedyDocumentary

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Around The World In 80 Days: The Challenge

Season 2 · Episode 1 · Oct 11, 1989

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