Follows Michael Palin on a journey around the countries of the Pacific Rim. Begins in Alaska and travels to Kamchatka and the Pacific coast of Russia, Japan, South and North Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, and British Columbia, Canada.

Originally broadcast on television in 1997. Stereo.; full screen format. Special features include: interview with Michael Palin; deleted scenes and outtakes.

disc 1. Episode one. [Alaska/Russia]. Farewell Diomede ; Golden sands of Nome ; Kodiak brown bear ; Traditional welcome ; Volcanic energy ; Vodka fish soup ; Magadan ; Pacific Fleet Ensemble -- Episode 2. [Japan/Korea]. Kodo drummers ; Mama-san's table ; Mayumi Nobetsu ; Dutch connections ; Nagasaki atomic bomb ; Unhappy neighbors ; South Seoul marriage hall ; North Korea -- Episode 3. [China]. Qingdao ; Chinese Chardonnay ; Sacred mountain ; Cars, crowds, and commerce ; River Yangtze ; Chinese throwaway ; Lunch in Chongqing ; Miao people -- Episode four. [Vietnam/Philippines]. Cricket in Hanoi ; Forbidden Purple City ; Marble Mountain ; Buying and selling ; Cu-Chi tunnels ; Gridlocks of Manila ; Psychic surgery ; Cock fighting. disc 2. Episode five. [Malaysia/Indonesia]. Bound for Borneo ; Monsoon season ; White rajahs ; Iban people ; A feast ; Gunung Mas Tea Plantation ; Wayang Kulit [shadow puppets] ; A setback -- Program six. [Australia/New Zealand]. Crocodile farm ; Camel catching ; Desperate and dateless ; Udderley yours ; Home and away ; Maori welcome ; Mount Cook ; Adrenalin activities -- Program seven. [Chile/Bolivia]. Cape Horn ; Beagle Channel ; Chiloe barbecue ; Open air chess ; Juan Fernandez Islands ; Atacama Desert ; Copper production ; Arica to La Paz -- Program eight. [Bolivia/Peru]. Lake Titicaca ; Peruvian border ; Yavari ; Platform food ; Festival of Corpus Christi ; Inca heartlands ; Machu Picchu ; Uncharted waters. disc 3. Episode nine. [Peru/Colombia]. Machiguenga village ; Peruvian Venice ; Medicinal garden ; On the Amazon ; Hostile city ; Don Fabio ; Emerald mine ; Cartagena -- Episode ten. [Mexico/Western USA/Canada/Alaska]. Mexico City ; Super barrio ; Pollos ; Breaking news ; Alcatraz Island ; The Castro ; British Columbia ; The last lap.