
Michael Palin Meets Jan Morris
Veteran broadcaster Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview the legendary travel writer Jan Morris.
Veteran broadcaster Michael Palin travels to north Wales to interview the legendary travel writer Jan Morris. Originally born as James Morris, Jan shot to fame as part of the team that successfully climbed Mount Everest in 1953. She spent the rest of the decade as a journalist travelling the world, interviewing figures such as Che Guevara, and producing reports for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Panorama from Hong Kong and Japan. In the 1960s, she turned her attention to writing books about cities and countries, before undergoing gender reassignment in 1972, a process chronicled in her autobiography Conundrum. Now in her 90th year, Michael Palin meets Jan and finds out the secret to her long and happy life.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Michael Palin |
Participant | Jan Morris |
Editor | Janet Lee |
Series Producer | Matthew Springford |
Producer | John O'Rourke |
Director | John O'Rourke |
Broadcasts
- Sat 5 Nov 2016 17:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Sat 5 Nov 2016 23:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 6 Nov 2016 04:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 6 Nov 2016 10:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Mon 7 Nov 2016 03:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Tue 8 Nov 2016 09:00GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Fri 18 Nov 2016 09:00GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Wed 28 Dec 2016 02:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD
- Wed 28 Dec 2016 21:30GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News except UK & UK HD