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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Episode 3

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC History Channel

Available for 3 months

Michael Palin continues to trace Hemingway's journey. He arrives in Key West in time for Hemingway's 100th birthday celebrations, where he is given boxing lessons from 83-year-old Shine Forbes, who sparred with Hemingway.

In Uganda, Michael has his hair cut en route up the Nile. At Butiaba, Uganda he visits the site of a plane crash Hemingway was involved in. Finally, Michael reaches Venice in time for the carnival and then tries his hand at duck-hunting in nearby Caorle. Show less

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