Spending time with the amiable and earnest Palin is a joy. His light touch and humour stand in stark contrast to other blunderingly intrusive travel documentaries. There is a definite sense of adventure here, but also captured and rendered interesting is the tedium and frustration of a true journey.

Excellent. Complete series.

I just want to second another reviewer's point - the episode where Palin hitches the dhow to India really is special, as is the interview with the captain of the boat that takes him from Egypt. The series ends on a regretful note, when Palin realizes that he's made his journey altogether too quickly, and somehow this makes it for me.

A really excellent travel doc.

I must say I'm not much used to documentaries being funny. I'm also not used to ones with such a sense of adventure. It's even thoughtful from time to time, which I'm not at all used to getting from movies *or* television. Python solo efforts are usually about one-sixth as funny as an average episode of MP's FC, but this is well above par. Besides showing considerable taste, manners, and education, Palin has this sly sense of humor that has a way of sneaking up on you. Edifying and very pleasant

There's just no way anyone can possibly dislike the first of many great journeys Michael did over the years. The dhow (boat) trip across the Arabian Sea is probably one of the best travel-related episodes ever - and seeing Dubai as a fisherman's town is just hilarious. BBC's fourth choice to present the series and narrate it, Ex-Python Michael Palin, did an incredible job and keeps you glued to the television while exploring new countries and cultures. A unforgettable and wonderful journey!

Tries to juice up the drama with an 80 day deadline. It's a fine travelogue, capturing 1988 around the world, but Palin is a bit cringe and clownish sometimes. Somewhat excused by travel being exhausting. The pace feels rushed and the interviews are superficial. Contrast with the greater (and actually one-man) achievement of Riding Solo to the Top of the World (2006).

Much better paced and more compelling than the later Full Circle.

I thought this might be an interesting travelogue in the vein of the Anthony Bourdain shows but good god is this boring

a family movie

Interessant og med glimt i øjet. Skabte en helt ny form for global rejsedoku.

I'm only rating the part with Michael Palin. I haven't seen the other...but You don't care, right ??

I'm rating the BBC series with Michael Palin, not the mini-series with Pierce Brosnan and Eric Idle from the same year (these two shows are mixed up into one here on Criticker).

Dunno why it's here (probably 'cos it's on DVD I guess), but these are all damn fine (despite Palin not being first choice)