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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure: Episode 3

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31/10/1999

BBC One - Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Episode 3

Michael Palin visits Key West, USA to celebrate Hemingway's 100th birthday.

Michael Palin visits Key West, the southernmost city in the USA, to celebrate Hemingway's 100th birthday. He also visits the Murchison Falls in Uganda, and Venice.

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.

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Michael Palin follows in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway across the world.

One hundred years after the birth of Ernest Hemingway, Michael Palin follows in his footsteps across Europe, Asia and Africa.

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