Michael Palin Decided To Give

You Go In And Meet The Head Of Bbc One And Get An Assurance About Not Dumbing Down. And Then, Of Course A Few Months Later, He's Been Replaced By Someone You Haven't Met.

There's Something About Watching An Animal That Puts You In Contact With Where We Came From And What We're Still A Part Of.

The World Is Insane. With Tiny Spots Of Sanity, Here And There... Not The Other Way Around!

Years Ago We Would Have Been Burned For This. Now What I Am Suggesting Is That We've Advanced.

Filming Takes A Lot Out Of You. It Really Does. It's Immensely Demanding, And You Have To Put The Rest Of Your Life In The Icebox Until You Do Your Final Shot.