Michael has to head off route through an area known for bandit attacks before taking to the stunning River Ethiope....

Michael embarks on a road trip across the country, finding out about the ancient sport of Dambe Boxing, and meeting...

Folarin Kuku talks to Michael about Nigeria's history with Polo and his determination to change the perception of northern Nigeria...

In the first leg of an epic 1300 miles across Nigeria, Michael is in bustling Lagos and an extraordinary waterfront...

Michael Palin visits the extraordinary floating village of Makoko in Lagos, home to more than 200,000 people, and a community...

In his own words, Michael Palin recounts his unforgettable voyage through Nigeria, reflecting on its breathtaking landscapes, diverse cultures and...

In his first visit to Nigeria, labelled the ‘Giant of Africa’, Michael Palin embarks on an epic 1,300-mile journey. It’s...

Michael Palin embarks on an epic, revelatory journey through Iraq...

Michael Palin embarks on a 1,000-mile adventure into Iraq, a country he has never visited...

Oil, war and conflict have been at the heart of issues Iraq has faced over the past 40 years, but...

Baghdad has always had this sort of magical, mysterious, exotic quality...

Michael continues his journey into the heart of Iraq as he makes his way towards Baghdad. He arrives in Kirkuk...

“This place is unlike anywhere else I’ve been in Iraq.” Michael Palin visits the shrine of Imam Husayn in Karbala,...

"Southern Iraq is a treasure trove of the country's historic sites, and there is one place that stands out above...

As Michael begins the final part of his journey into Iraq, he finds a local school in Baghdad and talks...

Six a.m. A low vibrating hum seeps into my subconscious, which slowly becomes my conscious. I walk like a zombie...

Jeremy Vine chats to Michael Palin about his latest adventure in North Korea at a special event at BAFTA...

If only all airports had queues like this… Michael Palin in North Korea...

Michael Palin in North Korea...

North Korea’s traffic cops are the most mesmerising thing ever...

Michael Palin learns some Korean in a lift, and gets it wrong on so many levels...

Michael Palin gets the world’s most unusual wake-up call...

Don’t you wish you had a teacher like Michael Palin?...

Join Michael Palin on the most revealing journey of his life. A major two-part documentary, Michael Palin in North Korea...

The Agenda with Steve Paikin welcomes comedy legend Michael Palin to discuss his book, “Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages,...

As my book Erebus The Story of a Ship is all about the sea, where better to film than amongst...

A video selection of limericks from his latest book, picked and presented by Michael himself...

Fellow Monty Python members Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin come together, for one night only to talk about their life...

Putting the Poetry back in Publicity. I hope you’ll find this the best list of venues you’ll hear this year!...

Following the phenomenal success of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Michael Palin and Terry Jones created this unforgettable, BAFTA-winning series of...

Before Monty Python, two comedy legends made a couple of very silly programmes...

Michael joins Giles Whittell to share stories from his latest book, There and Back.

To try and pass on some of my enthusiasm for Writing It Down – by hand, each day in a...

If you’re ready for Palin’s pre-pubescent ramblings, then this is How It All Began. It’s January 1955 and I’m eleven...

The diary I filled in at the start of 1957 was the last one I kept at my school in...

Watch The Secret Life of Trees on Channel 5, narrated by Michael Palin, as he explores the hidden lives of trees...

Sir David Attenborough is not all doom. Like all the wisest people he has a great sense of humour. If...

I’m one of 165 readers who are reading a minute each of Alice in Wonderland, to raise money for the...

Another week of self-isolation...