“In Glencoe, Hamish was helping us with certain structural problems like who would build the Bridge of Death over this terrifying gorge…”

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Michael Palin in North Korea (Channel 5) has been nominated for Best Documentary Series, with Inside The Foreign Office (BBC Two), Stephen: The Murder That Changed A Nation (BBC One) and Why Does Everyone Hate The English? (History)…

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I shall be taking a new show on the road for a short summer tour starting in Bournemouth on June 7th. It coincides with the paperback release of my most recent book Erebus, The Story Of A Ship…

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Just as I thought that, after a very busy year, 2018 was going quietly, I hear I am to be elevated from a Knight who says ‘Ni!’ to a knight of the realm…

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The Hartlepool Spy, Michael Palin : North Korea, Special Edition and There Was A Young Fellow Named Palin…

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Raed Fares was a brave man. He kept his radio station on the air in Syria despite threats. Ordered not to play music he substituted animal noises : chickens clucking, sheep, cows, dogs…

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In May 2018, Michael spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without internet or phone signal, where the countryside has barely moved…

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It’s been a while since I enjoyed the full-on delights of a big book tour. This is the crunch time for any venture, the time when you leave the cosy comforts of pre-publication expectations behind and face the verdict from the public…

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View the Michael Palin Archive display at the British Library in the ‘Sir John Ritblat Gallery: Treasures of the British Library’, until 11th November 2018…

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It’s human nature to wonder what lies beyond locked doors, so it’s no surprise one of the world’s most secretive states holds so much allure…

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