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Pole to Pole with Michael Palin Season 1 Episode 4

In this part of the journey Michael Palin crosses the Sudan. He crosses the Nubian desert in the north of the country and traverses a region ravaged by drought, poverty, famine and civil war. Unable to follow the line of 30 degrees east, he is forced to take a route along the border with Northern Ethiopia.

Episode Title: Shifting Sands

Air Date: 1992-11-11