Sahara with Michael Palin - Season 1 Episode 3 Absolute Desert
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.
Year: 2002
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom, Gibraltar
Studio: BBC One
Director:
Cast: Michael Palin
Crew: John-Paul Davidson (Director), Elizabeth Parker (Original Music Composer), Peter Meakin (Camera Operator), Roger Mills (Director), Nigel Meakin (Director of Photography)
First Air Date: Oct 13, 2002
Last Air date: Nov 03, 2002
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 4 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.30/10 by 13.00 users
Popularity: 0.8839
Language: Arabic, English
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