Is Michael Palin an actor, comedian or just plain sillyman?

For his appearance on The Interview, Michael Palin had a very special interviewer -- twelve-year-old Max Syed-Tollan.

It was part of the BBC World Service's Generation Next season where young people took part in programmes. We asked Max who he'd like to interview and top of his list was Michael Palin who's spent the last eighteen years travelling to over eighty countries and making television documentaries about his experiences.

But wherever he goes, Michael Palin the traveller is still recognised from his first career, as an actor, a comedian and member of the Monty Python team.

How does being a comic help him as he makes his television documentaries in the most remote corners of the globe? Is there anywhere left for him to go? And will he survive a grilling from Max?

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First broadcast 1st December 2006