1 Season
7 Episode
Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days - Season 1 Episode 6 Far East Farther East (1989)
In Shanghai, he gets some herbal remedies to help him on the rest of his trip. He and Basil take in a Chinese jazz band. After parting with Basil the next day, he takes a ferry to Japan, where he rides the world-famous shinkansen train. Meeting up with David Powers, a fellow Brit, he is taken to a sushi bar and then a karaoke bar, where he does a duet singing You Are My Sunshine. After spending the night in a capsule hotel, he is off on to the Pacific Ocean for eleven days, one of which includes crossing the International Date Line.
- Country : United Kingdom
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : BBC One
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- Cast : Michael Palin, Don Bannerman, Chris Collins, Basil Pao, Terry Gilliam, David Powers
