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Title Full circle / written and narrated by Michael Palin ; produced and directed by Roger Mills, Clem Vallance ; a Prominent Television production for BBC in association with BBC Worldwide Americas and Passepartout Productions.

Publication Info. [England] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, [2008]
©2008

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  DVD 919.04 PAL  DISCS 1-3    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD 919.04 FULL  DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  TRAVEL DVD 910 FU  DISC 1-3    Check Shelf
Description 3 videodiscs (approximately 488 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD; Region 1; NTSC.
Performer Narrator, Michael Palin.
Note Originally broadcast on television in 1997.
Stereo.; full screen format.
Summary Follows Michael Palin on a journey around the countries of the Pacific Rim. Begins in Alaska and travels to Kamchatka and the Pacific coast of Russia, Japan, South and North Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, and British Columbia, Canada.
Contents disc 1. Episode one. [Alaska/Russia]. Farewell Diomede ; Golden sands of Nome ; Kodiak brown bear ; Traditional welcome ; Volcanic energy ; Vodka fish soup ; Magadan ; Pacific Fleet Ensemble -- Episode 2. [Japan/Korea]. Kodo drummers ; Mama-san's table ; Mayumi Nobetsu ; Dutch connections ; Nagasaki atomic bomb ; Unhappy neighbors ; South Seoul marriage hall ; North Korea -- Episode 3. [China]. Qingdao ; Chinese Chardonnay ; Sacred mountain ; Cars, crowds, and commerce ; River Yangtze ; Chinese throwaway ; Lunch in Chongqing ; Miao people -- Episode four. [Vietnam/Philippines]. Cricket in Hanoi ; Forbidden Purple City ; Marble Mountain ; Buying and selling ; Cu-Chi tunnels ; Gridlocks of Manila ; Psychic surgery ; Cock fighting.
disc 2. Episode five. [Malaysia/Indonesia]. Bound for Borneo ; Monsoon season ; White rajahs ; Iban people ; A feast ; Gunung Mas Tea Plantation ; Wayang Kulit [shadow puppets] ; A setback -- Program six. [Australia/New Zealand]. Crocodile farm ; Camel catching ; Desperate and dateless ; Udderley yours ; Home and away ; Maori welcome ; Mount Cook ; Adrenalin activities -- Program seven. [Chile/Boliva]. Cape Horn ; Beagle Channel ; Chiloe barbecue ; Open air chess ; Juan Fernandez Islands ; Atacama Desert ; Copper production ; Arica to La Paz -- Program eight. [Bolivia/Peru]. Lake Titicaca ; Peruvian border ; Yavari ; Platform food ; Festival of Corpus Christi ; Inca heartlands ; Machu Picchu ; Uncharted waters.
disc 3. Episode nine. [Peru/Colombia]. Machiguenga village ; Peruvian Venice ; Medicinal garden ; On the Amazon ; Hostile city ; Don Fabio ; Emerald mine ; Cartagena -- Episode ten. [Mexico/Western USA/Canada/Alaska]. Mexico City ; Super barrio ; Pollos ; Breaking news ; Alcatraz Island ; The Castro ; British Columbia ; The last lap.
Note Special features include: interview with Michael Palin; deleted scenes and outtakes.
Language In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Palin, Michael -- Travel.
Pacific Area -- Description and travel.
Alaska -- Description and travel.
East Asia -- Description and travel.
Southeast Asia -- Description and travel.
Oceania -- Description and travel.
South America -- Description and travel.
Mexico -- Description and travel.
California -- Description and travel.
British Columbia -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Travelogues (Television programs)
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Palin, Michael. Screenwriter. Narrator.
Mills, Roger. Producer. Director.
Vallance, Clem. Producer. Director.
Prominent Television.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Passepartout Productions.
ISBN 1419869981
9781419869983
Standard No. 883929025947
Music No. 3000017162 BBC Video
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