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Full Circle with Michael Palin: China

Full Circle with Michael Palin

Full Circle with Michael Palin: Episode 3: China

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Episode 3: China

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BBC One - Full Circle with Michael Palin, China

Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea and takes a steamer down the Yangtze.

Michael Palin enters China by boat from Korea. He visits the cities of Qingdao and Shanghai and takes a local steamer down the Yangtze.

Michael Palin undertakes a journey around the Pacific Rim through 18 countries. Arriving in Qingdao, Michael checks into his hotel - which is curiously like a Bavarian castle - and finds himself in a room that was once Chairman Mao's. Having climbed China's holiest mountain, he travels to Shanghai to see the new face of the nation, then takes a steamboat trip on the Yangtze River

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Travel series in which Michael Palin travels around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

Travel documentary series in which Michael Palin travels to 18 countries around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

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