Michael Palin

Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the globe, but perhaps the greatest single challenge he has faced is his latest, a crossing of the vast and merciless Sahara Desert....

Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy....

After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life....

Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels from the successive shocks of September 11, the 7/7 bombings and the global financial crash.

In his major new work, Michael Palin - former Monty Python stalwart and much-loved television globe-trotter - brings to life the world and voyages of HMS Erebus....

In the autumn of 1988, Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club with an ambitious plan: to circumnavigate the world....

Some years ago a stash of family records was handed down to Michael Palin, among which were photos of an enigmatic young man in army uniform, as well as photos of the same young man as a teenager looking uncomfortable at family gatherings....

Michael Palin journeys to a vast country of unimaginable contrasts - Brazil....

In his most challenging journey to date, Palin tackles the Himalayas, the greatest mountain range on earth....

Travelling to Work is the third volume of Michael Palin's widely acclaimed diaries....

The third and most ambitious of Michael Palin's adventures is a voyage of epic proportions - the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim....

In February 2025, Michael Palin travelled to Venezuela to get a sense of what life is like in one of South America's most culturally rich, vibrant but also troubled nations.

A glimpse of life inside the world’s most secretive country, as told by Britain’s best-loved travel writer....

In March 2022, Michael Palin travelled the length of the River Tigris through Iraq to get a sense of what life is like in a region of the world that once formed the cradle of civilisation, but that in recent times has witnessed turmoil and appalling bloodshed....

In Pole to Pole we join Michael Palin on the second of his epic challenges....

Michael Palin reads his own account of a journey into a new Europe....

Perhaps the ultimate in TV madness and absurdity, this is innovative and ground-breaking comedy....

When Michael Palin was researching his novel Hemingway's Chair, his interest was stimulated by Hemingway's appetite for travel and "Papa's" evocations of the places he knew....

Keith Mabbut is at a crossroads in his life. When he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime....

Three years after the epic adventure described in Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Palin was off again....