Michael Palin - Himalaya (DVD)

Michael Palin - HimalayaDescription: Netherlands released PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ) Dutch ( Subtitles ) WIDESCREEN (1.78:1) SPECIAL FEATURES: 3-DVD Set Alternative Footage Cast/Crew Interview(s) Deleted Scenes Interactive Menu Scene Access SYNOPSIS: This 2004 BBC television series records comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin's six-month trip across the Himalaya mountain range covering an amazingly diverse range of cultures and environments in various countries. It includes 1° North by Northwest - Pakistan's tribal province featuring Khyber Pass Peshawar Gilgit Chitral and K2; 2° A Passage to India - Lahore (still in Muslim Pakistan) and in its mainly Hindu rival India: Amritsar Shimla Dharamsala (meeting with the Dalai Lama) and Srinagar; 3°Annapurna to Everest - Nepal (the capital Kathmandu meeting with King Gyanendra and Annapurna Mountain; includes a scare involving the Maoist rebels in the Gurkha recruiting area) and Tibet (administered as a Chinese province: Pokhara and the Everest base camp on the northern side). 4° The Roof of the World - Tibet's capital Lhasa and in China's Qinghai province Yushu. 5° Leaping Tiger Naked Nagas - from China's Yunnan province to India's Nagaland state - features Kunming Lijiang Lugu Lake the Naga village of Longwa on the Indian-Burmese border and a trek along Tiger Leaping Gorge; 6° Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal - India's Assam state (Kaziranga National Park) Bhutan (capital Thimphu) and Bangladesh (Sylhet the capital Dhaka and finally Chittagong on the Bay of Bengal). SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards ...Himalaya with Michael Palin See more