Train travel across the Sahara - Michael Palin for BBC

[HowToEatWaffles]

A proper stiff ass Brit in the land of terrorists and towel heads. Exciting? BOORING! BBC can take any exciting topic and completely put you to sleep with it. SCREW the BBC!

[kayper54]

I've got the DVD's of this somewhere, it's been too long since I've seen it. I'm gonna have to get out my entire collection of Palin's travels this summer.

[kayper54]

Could the BBC do anything like this kind of series today? It's hard to believe how much can change in 20 years.

[210950uarg]

the train crosses mauritania !!!

[adoulti]

rabish your fucking old ass, you fucking fagot reporter... arogant piece of shit.... ya7rag bey bou bouk lolll

[midnightmorning]

this is the best job ever

[Rhino011]

BAD ASS. I want to ride this train...

[OrontesRM]

he said he's got a ticket - besides, palin is hardly a liar

[saltadoros08]

sahara i love you

[mshnouakchott]

Michael Palin is big leier. he doesn't travel, even he hasn't any reservation neither in the 2nd class nor in the "rubish class". he was there only to make this video!

[karadan100]

What the hell are you talking about?

[mshnouakchott]

I understand the Mauritanian dialect Hassaniya and at 2:33 both men on the ground, especially the one who is blue dressed are asking the car controller not to stop him getting inside the car, because he just wanted to make a photo (short video) and than he's going to get off.

I hope, it's now clear what the hell I'm talking about

[karadan100]

So why does that make him a liar? They are doing stuff for the camera, that's all.

[mshnouakchott]

Palin takes the opportunity to cross some of the desert on a 2km long train. (info).

at 0:20 he said: ... the chance to cross the desert by train is not one I can ignore ...

he could hardly get inside the car, just to make 2 seconds video, because he wasn't allowed. there are no pictures from inside the car, because he didn't stay inside more the this 1 second that we saw.

[karadan100]

And?

This series wasn't based upon a wager or a bet. It wasn't made to prove a point. It was merely a gentle series depicting what it is like to travel across a continent.

If this bothers you so much then please, watch some 'reality tv'. You'll be astonished at the lengths tv companies go to to twist the footage to tell a completely different story.

[4kisch]

"there are no pictures from inside the car"

There are. Not in this snippet though. You obviously didn't bother to watch the whole series did you.

[jeanpauljh]

@mshnouakchott Did you even bother watching any of the series?

[Hrothulf19]

That's possible--the BBC show "top gear" takes extreme "liberties" with its "travel" shows--staging some events more obviously. Er technically he does cross "some" of the desert if you want to get petty :).

[Hatchiday]

You need backpack .

[murielglass]

"...probably" hahaha, i love michael palin.

[annbretagne]

youvebeenthunder...etc I agree. Bloody BBC hypocrites - prowling around catching people out. It's not as if anyone was making money out of posting BBC clips on youtube. I've tried taking it up with them, and get a load of corporate hogwash in reply - and they don't answer any questions or points I raise. Why don't they simply open their own channel and show full episodes for a small fee, for example?

[MickeyLove01]

they are restricted in which areas they can create revenue as the out-dated licence fee is their main source of income

[annbretagne]

Thanks for your reply. What I don't understand is why the BBC doesn't open an online channel with a subscription fee (which amounts to the same as a licence fee). No-one who has not subscribed would be able to access the programmes. Their iplayer is not available outside the UK, and I can't get an intelligible reason for that out of them either. I approve of the licence fee by the way because it guarantees immunity from the mind-numbing assault of advertising.

[jeanpauljh]

@annbretagne In case you're wondering, although I am posting 2 years later, the Beeb will be phasing in an international (paying) iPlayer in the near future.

[t4705mb6]

This is an excellent example of a "slave state", the way that the British elite and friends (the Waltons, etc.) see all nations of the world.

The nations systems, railroads, highways, electricity or water systems, paid for by citizens, are for plundering wealth.

Because the countries resources are rich, monies are dedicated to getting the wealth OUT. The public, "worthless eaters", get nothing.

99% of this train is dedicated to stealing iron ore.

Notice how locals are treated like shit.

[JeremygotTHEmotoQ]

"give stupid people trains", the wife said.

[lequory]

how can they make this claim when its been established that the iron ore train in australia is the longest train at 4.5 miles long?

[UncleKennybobs]

It's Michael Palin, he can say whatever he likes.

[DaVinciChianti]

He said probably, so you see he dosen't know what he is talking about at all lol.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

It pisses me off how the BBC puts their own clips on Youtube yet gets all pissy and claims copyright on other people posting their videos.

[alstorer]

The BBC owns the copyright. It is their legal right to decide what of their content gets posted and what doesn't.

[youvebeenthunderstru]

They have the legal right, but they're being retards about it.

[uyd]

They can get pissy because they OWN the copyright and it's up to them how to post it. When you post their video without clearing it from them you are violating their copy rights and stealing!!!

[youvebeenthunderstru]

Yes, but by having this video on here, they're hardly losing money, they don't have to scramble to remove all the good videos and ruin Youtube in the process.

[tittyj2020]

This guy is such a dork....Nice clothes....put a sheet and towel on your head like everybody else

[ktalent08]

the longest ever train is 7.3km

[patmix]

we got this everyday and nites in north america

NORTH AMERICAN FREIGHT TRAINS ROCKSSSSS!!!!!!

[exenter2]

watch?v=9LsuNWjRaAo

[exenter2]

the longest train ever was 7353 m long! 682 cars!

[adamcollman]

dude there is 10 km long train

[VColombelli]

In E.F.C. (ESTRADA DE FERRO CARAJÁS) (Brazil), the trains have 345 wagons!!!

[patmix]

where i can see this on youtube ?

[tuajvk]

Michael...excellent story on the train...great comments!

[AZZ124567]

whyd does this Iron Ore Train hall Passengers and where does it go? and who set up the railroad in that country, Nice EMD SD40-2's with Engine bells and USA type Horns, and what are the 2 cars at the rear of the train for? Andy Bowe

[back10506]

1. Because there is a need for it to do so, 2. The person who needed it put it there, and lastly, those last 2 cars are obviously for passengers, as seen in this video.

[lifeisbeautiful2008]

"Thank goodness I have a reservation...First Class, Rubbish Class" -- hilarious! my brother and I get a huge kick out all of Palin's travel series. Fascinating!

[agenteles]

dame, thats pretty long

[pecmasterflash]

loool 1:30 lool!!

[AsthmaSucks]

wow

[t3hOutlaw]

Did he trip over a kid at around 1.30?

lawl