Michael Palin - live webchat Tues 8 Oct at 11am

The hour with you all has gone far too quickly - great to have your questions and to know that you're out there looking at the programmes and appreciating the work we all put in.

My latest journey was to Brazil and the book, which is basically my diaries of the journey, is out there is now in the shops. So I would be pathetically grateful if any of you, or your dog, would like to go in buy one. It's fun - as Brazil was, and what I saw and experienced in Brazil would warm up any cold winter night in the good old UK.

Thanks again and have a very happy life!

JS06

From your recent experiences in Brazil please can you tell us something surprising which you came across which really touched you and also something which shocked you.

Love all your work.

I was very touched by the welcome we were given in a village deep in the Amazon by people who had only very recently made contact with the outside world. They laid on a wonderful dance for me on my arrival, which was not the normal tourist performance.
In the poorest part of the big cities, a lot of working people live in slum areas called favelas, and though they are making successful attempts to improve the quality of life there, there are still children eating beside open sewers, and areas still run by criminal gangs.

Wallygrom

hi Michael
Having traveled the world for various TV series and personal enjoyment, how much of the world do you think you have personally traveled to in your life and is there somewhere you would still desperately like to go to?

There’s still, in the words of the old song, a lot of world to see. And I would very much like to see more of Latin America, Mexico and Nicaragua perhaps. Also, rarely visited islands like Madagascar are very tempting. Whatever happens, I shall keep on going, until I fall over!

Sockmonkey79

Hello Michael, i think you're fab. I actually named my 2nd son Samuel Palin - after you (I couldn't have Michael as there's already a Michael in the family).
I'm hoping he turns out as funny and adventurous as you.

You have a reputation for being a very lovely person, what do you do not to let fame & fortune go to your head?

I hope so too, and I hope he's a better footballer! Thanks

mazgoli

This is not so much a question as a thank you. I believe that the media generally can make the public distrust a country even a whole nation of people by its selective reporting. You always seem to actually try to understand the people amongst whom you travel, and not judge them by how 'British' they are or how they conform to the ideas and values that we hold dear on our little island.

I really appreciate your thank you, because if there's one thing I've learned from my travels, is that no one has the answer, or the perfect way to live. We can all learn something from each other. I think that I've been lucky to make direct contact with people from all over the world, and very often you get quite a different view of the way they are and how they feel than you would get from one's own London-centric view.

NfkDumpling

Hi, can I throw in a late question? Have you ever thought of producing Life of Brian with a Muslim slant? Could be fun!

No.. I think we'll leave that probably.

whenim64

We can't let a provocative statement like 'I'd love to learn to dance' slip by unnoticed! Strictly!!!!! Why isn't Michael Palin in your sights?

Actually, I meant dancing when no one else is looking!

Ian42

Hi Michael,

Have you ever thought of making a film on traveling around Britain in a unusual way? Especially as I cannot afford exotic places abroad.

I've often thought of a documentary set in my own country, but I think I'd miss the the anonymity that I have in places like the Himalayas, or the Sahara. I love being the observer rather than the observed.

But you never know. My father taught me to appreciate the countryside around me - so I might eventually inherit the gene. At least I wouldn't have to have all of the injections.