"the North and South Poles. Pole to Pole Pole to Pole is an eight-part television documentary travel series made for the BBC, and first broadcast on BBC1 in 1992. The presenter is Michael Palin, this being the second of Palin's major journeys for the BBC. The first was """", a 7-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1989, and the third was ""Full Circle with Michael Palin"", a 10-part series first broadcast on BBC One in 1997. The trip from the North Pole to the South Pole went via Scandinavia, the Soviet Union, parts of Europe, and through the"
"that Palin later wrote about this trip, ""Around the World in 80 Days"", were taken by Pao. In 1992, when Palin and the BBC were planning to make a new travel programme, ""Pole to Pole"", they decided that it would be a good idea to have a full-time stills photographer on the team, and that Pao was a top candidate for the job. Pao accepted, and, except for the very first few days and the very last few days (he missed out on the two poles due to lack of space in the small aircraft used at both ends of"
"featuring Palin as he concentrated on smaller areas of the world. ""Hemingway Adventure"" (following in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway), first broadcast in 1999; ""Sahara"" (travelling around and through the Sahara Desert), first broadcast in 2002; ""Himalaya"" (travelling around the Himalayas), first broadcast in 2004; ""New Europe"" (travelling around Eastern Europe), first broadcast in 2007; and ""Brazil"" (travelling through Brazil), first broadcast in 2012. The series was presented in seven episodes. Palin accepts the offer from the BBC to attempt travelling around the world in 80 days. After setting off from the Reform Club in London, he boards the Orient"
"Around the World in 80 Days (miniseries) Around the World in 80 Days is a 1989 three-part television Eastmancolor miniseries originally broadcast on NBC. The production garnered three nominations for Emmy awards that year. The teleplay by John Gay is based on the Jules Verne novel of the same title. The plot centres around Phileas Fogg (Pierce Brosnan) making a £30,000 wager with three members of the Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the world in 80 days. He takes with him his newly employed French valet Passepartout (Eric Idle), and is pursued by Detective Wilbur Fix (Peter Ustinov) who"
"80 Days"" starring Jackie Chan. Their spirit has also continued to influence fiction to this day, including James Gurney's Dinotopia series and ""softening"" Steampunk's dystopianism with utopian wonder and curiosity. Most of the novels in the ""Voyages"" series (except for ""Five Weeks in a Balloon"", ""Journey to the Center of the Earth"", and ""The Purchase of the North Pole"") were first serialized in periodicals, usually in Hetzel’s ""Magasin d'Éducation et de récréation"" (""Magazine of Education and Recreation""). Almost all of the original book editions were published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel in octodecimo format, often in several volumes. (The one exception is"
"Kington turned down presenting the first of these, ""Around the World in 80 Days"", that gave Palin the opportunity to present his first and subsequent travel shows. These programmes have been broadcast around the world in syndication, and were also sold on VHS tape and later on DVD: Following each trip, Palin wrote a book about his travels, providing information and insights not included in the TV programme. Each book is illustrated with photographs by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team. (Exception: the first book, ""Around the World in 80 Days"", contains some pictures by Pao"
"Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team. The series consists of four 50-minute episodes, as follows: The programme starts out with Palin sitting on a beach"
"released on DVD in Region 1 (North America) in 2008. Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team. The series consists of four 50-minute episodes, as follows:"
"Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film) Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 American action adventure comedy film based on Jules Verne's novel of the same name. It stars Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan and Cécile de France. The film is set the nineteenth century and centers on Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), here reimagined as an eccentric inventor, and his efforts to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. During the trip, he is accompanied by his Chinese valet, Passepartout (Jackie Chan). For comedic reasons, the film intentionally deviated wildly from the novel and included a number of"
"the Westminster Arctic Challenge. This charity event raised awareness and money for several causes. The participants included several members of parliament, representatives of the charities, and a journalist. The participants went on a challenging sponsored trek to the Arctic on husky-powered sledges. Merrilees Parker Merrilees Claire Parker (born 11 August 1971 in Westminster, London) is a British celebrity chef and television presenter. She is mainly known for presenting television programmes combining food and travel (""Planet Food"" and ""Full on Food"") as well as various more traditional cookery programmes. Parker is also renowned for the menu she presented working for the"
"she was awarded the Médaille d'Or du Tourisme. She wrote several books, including ""The Perfect Holiday"" (1989), ""Dalton's Directory of British Holidays"" (1993), a series of ""Heritage Guides to Great Britain"" (1995), and ""Tarragon and Truffles"" (2006). Gregg lived in London, but also kept a house in Provence. She never married. She died in 2006 of cancer, aged 66. Anne Gregg Anne Deirdre Gregg (11 February 1940 – 5 September 2006) was a travel writer and TV presenter from Northern Ireland. She is perhaps best known for presenting the BBC's travel programme ""Holiday"" throughout the 1980s. She was one of"
"set up the award winning live studio programme ""Entertainment Today"" which he hosted for three years, as well as presenting one of the networks first programmes in 2006, the food and travel show ""Culinary Quest"". Andrews became known by audiences around the world in 2007 after he became the host of RT's most popular travel series ""Wayfarer"". An adventure TV show that saw him report from minus 40 to plus 40, through 11 time zones in over 75 cities in Russia and the former Soviet Republics. Over three series he lived with Eskimos in the Polar Circle, trained with Russian"
"Pom Oliver Pom Oliver (full name Rosamund Cherry Jane Oliver ) is an experienced British polar explorer and former film producer, born in May 1952. When she was 18 years old, she started travelling and eventually settled in Australia, where she started working in the film and TV industry. She became a film producer in 1977, and produced films such as ""Cathy's Child"" (1979) and ""Hoodwink"" (1981), before returning to Britain, where she co-produced ""Biggles"" (1986) and did various TV productions. In 1997 she was part of the relay team which reached the North Pole. Then in 1999/2000 she was"
"Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film) Around the World in Eighty Days (German: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen) is a 1919 German silent adventure comedy film, directed and produced by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber and Reinhold Schünzel. It is based on the 1873 Jules Verne novel ""Around the World in Eighty Days"". In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of England and faces the risk"
"airline in the continent of Antarctica. In 2000 he organized and led the Pole to Pole 2000 expedition, first and only attempt to date to travel from one pole to the other under human power. As a public speaker he has spoken about human potential to audiences on all 7 continents., and teaches tools and techniques for enlightened living. , Pole To Pole 2000 The Pole to Pole team, young people aged 19–25 were selected from 5 continents. They journeyed approx. 35,000 km (25,000 miles) in 9 months from the North Magnetic Pole to the South Pole . The goal"
"Around the World in 80 Treasures Around the World in 80 Treasures is a 10 episode art and travel documentary series by the BBC, presented by Dan Cruickshank, and originally aired in February, March, and April 2005. The title is a reference to ""Around the World in Eighty Days"", the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne. In this series, Cruickshank takes a five-month world tour visiting his choices of the eighty greatest man-made treasures, including buildings and artifacts. His tour takes him through 34 countries and 6 of the 7 continents (he does not visit Antarctica). He did not visit"
"but most are by other photographers.) All seven of these books were also made available as audio books, and all of them are read by Palin himself. ""Around the World in 80 Days"" and ""Hemingway Adventure"" are unabridged, while the other four books were made in both abridged and unabridged versions, although the unabridged versions can be very difficult to find. For four of the trips a photography book was made by Pao, each with an introduction written by Palin. These are large coffee-table style books with pictures printed on glossy paper. The majority of the pictures are of various"
"which Phileas Fogg traverses the planet (albeit by railroad and steamboat) in 80 days. The current holder is ""IDEC Sport"" skippered by Francis Joyon in 40 days 23 hours 30 minutes 30 seconds. The original idea for this competition has been attributed to Yves Le Cornec in 1985. The rules were defined in 1990. A committee was put in place to guarantee respect of the rules and fairplay. This committee included Peter Blake, Florence Arthaud, Jean François Coste, Yvon Fauconnier, Gabrie Guilly, Robin Knox-Johnston, Titouan Lamazou, Yves Le Cornec, Bruno Peyron, Olivier de Kersauson, and Didier Ragot. While the current"
"way to the Television New Zealand studio in Gloucester Street. Le Ride Le Ride is a film which recreates the 1928 Tour de France ride by the four-person Australasian team, and in particular of the New Zealander in their midst, Harry Watson. ""The Amazing Race"" host Phil Keoghan and his riding partner Ben Cornell completed the ride in 22 stages spread over 26 days to the original schedule in 2013. Keoghan's wife Louise Keoghan was the producer for the film, which premiered in Watson's home town Christchurch in July 2016. Keoghan was born in Lincoln, New Zealand and went to"
"Around the World in 80 Days (Alton Towers) Around the World in 80 Days was an attraction in the Talbot Street (now Cloud Cuckoo land) area of Alton Towers theme park, Staffordshire, England. The attraction opened in 1981, one year after the park first opened. It was the first dark ride at Alton Towers, one of the largest in the UK at the time, and was produced by Keith Sparks for the park's owner John Broome. It was a 4-minute boat ride which followed the adventures of Phileas Fogg and was loosely based on Jules Verne's novel Around the World"
"finishing in Lund, Sweden. Shinji Kazama Shinji Kazama (born 26 September 1950) is a Japanese motorcyclist who rode to the North and South Poles on motorcycles. He is mentioned in the documentary television series ""Pole to Pole"" (1992), presented by Michael Palin. As of 2010, Kazama was the only person to have reached both poles on a motorcycle. He reached the North Pole on 21 April 1987, and the South Pole on 3 January 1992. Kazama's trip to the South Pole set an overland speed record for the journey (24 days) which stood until 2005. He also set records for"
"Transglobe Expedition The Transglobe Expedition was the first expedition to make a circumpolar navigation, traveling the world ""vertically"" traversing both of the poles using only surface transport. Starting in 1979 from Greenwich in the United Kingdom, adventurers Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Charles R. Burton went south, arriving at the South Pole on 15 December 1980. Over the next 14 months, they went north again, reaching the North Pole on 11 April 1982. Travelling south once more, they arrived again in Greenwich on 29 August 1982. Oliver Shepard took part in the Antarctic leg of the expedition. As part of the"
"Anne Gregg Anne Deirdre Gregg (11 February 1940 – 5 September 2006) was a travel writer and TV presenter from Northern Ireland. She is perhaps best known for presenting the BBC's travel programme ""Holiday"" throughout the 1980s. She was one of the first people from Northern Ireland to become a national British television personality. Gregg was born in Belfast. Her father, Kenneth, was a civil servant who worked for the Ordnance Survey; her mother, Nan, was a dressmaker. An uncle, R. H. McCandless, was an actor. She had one brother, Ken. Gregg was educated at Strathearn Grammar School for Girls"
"Around the World in Seventy-Two Days Around the World in Seventy-Two Days is an 1890 book by journalist Elizabeth Jane Cochrane, writing under her pseudonym, Nellie Bly. The chronicle details her 72-day trip around the world, which was inspired by the book, ""Around the World in Eighty Days"" by Jules Verne. She carried out the journey for Joseph Pulitzer's tabloid newspaper, the ""New York World"". In 1888, Bly suggested to her editor at the ""New York World"" that she take a trip around the world, attempting to turn the fictional ""Around the World in Eighty Days"" into fact for the"
"Lucca Thomas Aldous (born 2010). Megan McCormick Megan Leah McCormick (born August 8, 1972) is an American TV presenter, who is one of the main hosts of the Pilot Productions travel-adventure series ""Globe Trekker"" (also called ""Pilot Guides"" in Australia, Canada and the United States and originally broadcast as ""Lonely Planet""). She also hosted the television series ""Sea Nation"", which aired in 2010. McCormick was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Florida. As a child, she had an interest in ballet. In 1996, she began a job in Japan teaching English and has also worked as a social worker."
"Red Cross and to the Dutch Max Havelaar foundation for fair trade. Floortje Dessing Floortje 'Flora' Dessing (born August 31, 1970 in Heemstede) is a Dutch radio and television presenter, producer and travel writer, best known for her various travel TV shows. Since 1995 Dessing has covered more than 120 countries in TV programs, that were mostly made by her own production company, such as ""Arrivals"", ""Yorin Travel"", ""RTL Travel"", """" and ""Floortje Naar Het Einde Van De Wereld"" (""Flora to the Ends of the Earth""), for several Dutch TV broadcasters. In 2011 Dessing and her crew traveled through North"
"Around the World in 20 Years Around the World in 20 Years is a BBC television travel documentary first broadcast in December 2008, presented by Michael Palin. It follows him as he retraces the Dubai - Mumbai leg of his journey """". Also featured is his reunion with the captain and crew of the ""al-Sharma"" dhow, in which he had undertaken the journey 20 years ago. Palin finds the captain of the ""al-Sharma"" in Gujarat and is heartily welcomed. He also reunites with several of the surviving crew members and discovers several of them have since died, including the old"
"Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film) Around the World in 80 Days (sometimes spelled as Around the World in Eighty Days) is a 1956 American epic adventure-comedy film starring Cantinflas and David Niven, produced by the Michael Todd Company and released by United Artists. The epic picture was directed by Michael Anderson and produced by Mike Todd, with Kevin McClory and William Cameron Menzies as associate producers. The screenplay was written by James Poe, John Farrow, and S. J. Perelman based on the classic novel of the same name by Jules Verne. The music score was composed by"
"the mid-1990s. This culminated in a special documentary in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai. Throughout this period, she appeared as a reporter on other shows, particularly ""This Morning"" interviewing various celebrities. During the late 1990s, Winkleman presented a number of programmes on smaller digital channels. She had a stint on the cable channel L!VE TV, but soon left to pursue other projects. In 1996, Winkleman hosted Granada programmes God's Gift (taking over from Davina McCall) and ""Pyjama Party"" (co-hosted with Katie Puckrik and Michelle Kelly). Winkleman also presented"
". The race was filmed by the BBC for the series ""On Thin Ice"" and was aired in Summer 2009. Five episodes of ""On Thin Ice"" were broadcast on BBC Two Sunday evenings receiving a peak record of 3.7 million viewers. Macmillan published an account of their journey, ""Race to The Pole"", which became a top-10 best-seller in the UK. In October 2009, Fogle and Cracknell cycled a rickshaw 423 miles from Edinburgh to London non-stop. They took 60 hours to reach the capital, raising money for SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association). The event was filmed as part"
"in eighty days, starting and ending at the Reform Club in London, re-enacting the challenge made to Phileas Fogg in the Jules Verne novel, ""Around the World in Eighty Days"", and Michael Palin's """". In each episode, a pair of celebrities travels a single leg of the round-the-world journey, trying to meet the next pair at a handover point in sufficient time, in relay race fashion. The journey could be completed by any means except by flight. At the handover, they pass to the succeeding team a carpet bag containing, amongst other items, a journal and a phone. Each of"
"Polar Travel Company offering guided expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, and most notably the North Geographic Pole. In 1997 he organised the McVitie's Penguin Polar Relay, the first all-women expedition to the North Geographic Pole, involving 20 British women, operating in five teams of four, accompanied throughout by two professional women Canadian guides. Hadow is an Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, an Honorary Vice-President of the Scientific Exploration Society, an Honorary Patron of British Exploring, and President of the OH Adventurers. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Exeter (2004), and an"
"of arrest throughout his journey. Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film) Around the World in Eighty Days (German: Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen) is a 1919 German silent adventure comedy film, directed and produced by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber and Reinhold Schünzel. It is based on the 1873 Jules Verne novel ""Around the World in Eighty Days"". In order to win a bet, British gentleman Phileas Fogg attempts to circle the globe in eighty days, along with his French servant, Passepartout. Fogg is wrongly suspected of having robbed the Bank of"