Sahara

''The Sahara embodies scale and mystery, the thin line between survival and destruction, the power to take life or to transform it . . .'' Of all Michael Palin''s epic voyages, this may be his greatest ever challenge: crossing the vast and unforgiving Sahara Desert. From the westernmost point of Senegal to Libya''s Mediterranean beaches, Sahara is a journey full of beauty, excitement, danger - and plenty of camel stew.