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Now that the Iron Curtain has lifted and the Cold War is over, Michael can enjoy a new freedom to roam unhindered across an unexplored swathe of his own continent. From Estonia in the north to Turkey in the south, where Europe reaches out to Asia across the Bosphorus, Michael's journey takes him through twenty countries. Some Central European, some Eastern European, some straddling continents and all utterly compelling. (official distributor synopsis)
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Palin’s travelogues were always mainly about the book form, where the forced (and understandable) conciseness goes unnoticed because Palin has an incredible nose for situations, people and moments... Simply for details that attract his attention and he subsequently presents the atmosphere of the place in question using “dry humor rife blog style". The TV version then serves as an accessory which offers the beauties of the world visually and where everything is focused on Palin’s personality and his situation humor. This unusual mutual combination worked almost twenty years. Until New Europe. Not that it has nothing to offer, but the briefness often remains uncompensated by anything extra, plus Palin is scared of getting into conflict and diving under the surface of sweet nothings and so it gradually changes into an exhibition of his comedy antics which reliably entertain, but don’t enrich. And, in terms of Palin’s regular standard, this is too little.
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