Episodes
Himalaya with Michael Palin: The Roof of the World (BBC Four Saturday 20 May 2023)
Himalaya with Michael Palin: The Roof of the World airs Saturday 20 May 2023 on BBC Four.
Michael Palin leaves Everest Base Camp and travels directly to Lhasa to witness the destruction wrought upon Tibet by the Chinese. Religion is once again tolerated, as he visits the Potala Palace and the great monasteries of Tashilunpo and Sera, but at the same time the old Tibetan centre of the city is being demolished and replaced with modern Chinese shopping malls and nightclubs.
He joins the pilgrims on their way to the holy Namtso Lake, where he relaxes in an Olympic-sized hotspring before meeting up with a nomad family and learning how to milk a yak before attending the Yushu Summer Horse Festival.
Season 1 Episode 4
Himalaya with Michael Palin: The Roof of the World airs Saturday 20 May 2023 at 7.00pm on BBC Four
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