Sahara with Michael Palin Season 1 Absolute Desert 2002
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Michael reaches Timbuktu along with a camel train carrying the giant salt blocks that made the city one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning up until the 16th century. He wanders through the rubble that is 21st century Timbuktu to find the Imam who shows him original astronomical textbooks that predate Galileo's discoveries by 200 years.
- Released: 2002-10-27
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Michael Palin
- Director: Peter Meakin, John-Paul Davidson, Elizabeth Parker, Roger Mills, Nigel Meakin
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1. A Line in the Sand 2002-10-13
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2. Destination Timbuktu 2002-10-20
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3. Absolute Desert 2002-10-27
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4. Dire Straits 2002-11-03
