h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

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So here it is. The additional text is to replace the whole 'All over the World' section. HPB (U198644) should also be added as a Researcher on the Entry.



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All Over the World

The first journey that Michael undertook for television was a simple train journey from London to the Kyle of Lochalsh in the west of Scotland for the BBC series Great Railway Journeys of the World. When the BBC dreamed up the idea of recreating the journey of Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days they again turned to Michael. Since then, Michael's travels have rarely been absent from the screen.


Around the World in 80 Days (1989) - Michael tries to follow the Phileas Fogg's trek by circumnavigating the globe within 80 days, starting and ending at the London Reform Club using any means of transport except by air. This was perhaps the most successful of the journeys, as the time limit added a degree of tension that is absent from the later trips, although it left less time to go into detail about the places visited.

Pole to Pole (1992) - North Pole to South by the most direct route over the most land. Essentially more of the same without the pressure to get it done within a time limit.

Full Circle (1997) - 15,000 miles through 18 countries around the Pacific rimSome sources originally announced that the title of this series would be 'Palin's Pacific Rim'.

Hemingway Adventure (1999) - Michael visits the places that Ernest Hemingway went to throughout his life. This series is possible the funniest of the collection, as Michael flirts with his past, dressing up as the Python character Mr Gumby. Of course, this may all have been intended to keep people's attention away from the fact that Hemmingway was a man whose main interests were bull fights, game hunting and keeping people out of his retreat.

Sahara (2002) - Michael travels across the largest desert in the world. The endless yellow hue of the TV screen with, sand upon sand upon stone, made this possibly the least successful of the series.

Himalaya (?) - at the time of writing, this is in prodiction.


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Your wish is our command, DannyB!

Awwww...isn't Michael Palin great as well? (Just continuing a theme).

Thank-you

All the Pythons are lovely (even Graham Chapman, who's dead, and John Cleese, who can be a grumpy old bugger sometimes... )

Ahh yes - Graham's my fave. Love 'A Liar's Autobiography.'

Tsk... There is now a typo in the last line of the main part of the Entry (the 'All Over the World' section)

'...in prodiction' should be 'in production'

And in the 'Sahara' section, a comma has slipped out of place:

"...the TV screen with, sand upon sand upon stone, made this..."

Should be:

"..the TV screen, with sand upon sand upon stone, made this..."

Both fixed - cheers, Danny