Features both the original Around the world in 80 days plus the 20th Anniversary programme, around the world in 20 years

Michael Palin goes in search of the crew of the Dhow ‘Al Shama’, featured in his first globe-trotting, hit series Around the World in 80 Days.

Michael's search begins in Dubai and moves on to Mumbai. There, a helpful freight broker tells him of a horrible fate that has befallen the Al Shama. But there is better news of her Captain, Hasssan Suleyman, and Michael books himself onto the Kutch Express, which takes him far to the north. But will his long search be crowned with a reunion with men he forged a special Bond with, and on whom his life depended 20 years ago?