Mediterranean Maze. Michael Palin 's trek takes him through Istanbul on the Bosporus to Aswan on the Nile. The journey looks straightforward, but takes three trains, four ferries and some deft island-hopping. Palin is walking in the footsteps of such figures as Alexander the Great, Tutankhamun and Agatha Christie , as well as thousands of tourists. But uniquely his itinerary includes an audience with the late Patric
Walker, the Radio Times astrologer. Director Roger Mills ; Producer Clem Vallance
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