From Pole to Pole
Michael Palin explores former Iron Curtain countries. He travels through Poland, from Gdansk on the Baltic to the Slovakian border south of the Tatra Mountains.
Michael Palin journeys through Poland, from the port of Gdansk in the north to the Slovakian border south of the Tatra Mountains. He considers the upheavals that traumatised Poland for 70 years, visiting Auschwitz and the spiritual capital of Poland, Czestechowa, where politics and religion are never far apart.
Palin meets the great European maestro, Lech Walesa, whose independent trade union Solidarity lit a fuse under Communism's grip on Eastern Europe. Then he marvels at the miracle of Warsaw, razed to the ground on Hitler's orders and restored to its old glory, brick by brick, from original plans.
He also enjoys the pleasures Poland has to offer, accepting a cameo role on stage with one of Poland's most famous cabaret groups, driving a steam loco on the Polish rail network out of Poznan during rush hour, and appearing on Polish breakfast TV, where he takes a Polish lesson from a Londoner who went to work in Poland and learned the language by drinking with Poles.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Michael Palin |
| Director | John-Paul Davidson |
| Producer | Roger Mills |
Broadcasts
Sun 21 Oct 2007 21:00- Wed 24 Oct 2007 20:00
Sat 27 Oct 2007 18:20成人论坛 Two England, Northern Ireland (Analogue) & Northern Ireland only- Sat 27 Oct 2007 18:50成人论坛 Two Scotland
- Fri 9 Nov 2007 03:55
- Tue 10 Jun 2008 19:00成人论坛 Two England
Wed 31 Dec 2008 17:05成人论坛 HD- Thu 21 May 2009 23:30成人论坛 HD
- Fri 11 Dec 2009 00:00成人论坛 HD
- Mon 1 Aug 2016 16:10成人论坛 Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
- Sat 12 Jun 2021 20:00
- Sun 13 Jun 2021 02:45
- Wed 15 Feb 2023 20:00
- Thu 16 Feb 2023 00:45