哈莫修依，丹麦画家，Michael Palin就是被这位丹麦籍的画家给困惑了20年，在他眼中，这位Vilhelm Hammershoi是带着神秘、诡谲、出色的北欧艺术家。20年前，他参观了位在伦敦南华克区的Hayward Gallery，艺廊里正举办一项「Scandinavian Art」展览，因而第一次接触到Vilhelm Hammershoi这幅令他印象深刻的画作。但是那一次的接触，他并没有积极的寻找这位画家，一直到3年前，他又一次在巴黎的书店里发现了一本「Vilhelm Hammershoi，Danish painter of solitude and light」的画册，有他1997、1998年在哥本哈根、巴黎、纽约的展览作品介绍，其中大部分的作品是风景、人像、裸体等，以他特有的灰阶色调，介于传统与现代之间的画风，带着融合了Johannes Vermeer和Edward Hopper两人的风格，画出了自己的特色。 　　他形容Vilhelm Hammershoi是位不可捉摸的画家，他死后没有留下任何日记可供追溯，在死之前又销毁了所有的信件，被描述成一位羞怯、隐匿的人物。目前在英国仅有收藏他的两幅作品，一幅在National Gallery，另一幅在Tate Britain。 　　这次，Michael Palin决定好好的深入探就这位带着神秘感的丹麦画家，BBC1特别制播一集节目，在7月14日晚上10点35分播出。

Michael Palin explores the countries that were, for much of his life, hidden behind the Iron Curtain, and now are very much part of the New Europe of post-Soviet times. 　　1 - War and Peace 　　Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania 　　In Medjugoree Michael encounters a visionary who first started having visitations from the Virgin Mary 25 years ago. In Dubrovnik he meets with lute maestro Edin Karamazov who made the recent 'Songs from the Labyrinth' album with Sting. Michael ends this visit with a sheep sacrifice which heralds an afternoon of music and hospitality typically Balkan. 　　2 - Eastern Delight 　　Countries visited: Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey 　　Michael makes a remarkable visit to Göreme, where the rocks have been carved to form homes and some of the most remarkable churches of the early Christian era. Leaving the Cappodocia region by balloon, he sails east towards the borders of the New Europe, which if Turkey were to join the European Union would include Iran, Iraq and Syria. 　　3 - Wild East 　　Countries visited: Trans-Dniester, Romania 　　Michael travels from Transdniester, a breakaway state from the Republic of Moldova, to the Vaser Valley in Romania, where he joins 80 lumberjacks as they board a wood-fired steam train. He finally ends up at Bran Castle in Transylvania, the ancestral home of Vlad the Impaler and alleged home of Bram Stoker's Dracula. 　　4 - Danube to Dnieper 　　Countries visited: Hungary, Ukraine 　　Michael travels by road, rail and river through Hungary and the Ukraine, ending in the Black Sea resort of Yalta. Along the way he visits Budapest's 'House of Terror', a National Park in Hortobagy, an area which Attila the Hun was reputed to have rampaged across, and ends up meeting a Leeds market trader who married the Ukranian prime minister's daughter. 　　5 - Baltic Summer 　　Countries visited: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia 　　Michael travels from Tallinn in the north, through Latvia, to Lithuania in the south, sailing into the Baltic from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, formerly East Prussia. In Estonia he visits a pyramid house and samples the medicinal properties of leeches. In Latvia he visits one of the most secretive places of the Communist-era, the astronomical telescope. 　　6 - From Pole to Pole 　　Country visited: Poland 　　Arriving in Gdansk via canal, Michael meets former electrician Lech Walesa who formed 'Solidarity', Poland's first independent trade union, which led to the demise of communism in that country. Heading to Warsaw he visits the Palace of Culture, Stalin's controversial gift to Varsovians. Michael then makes his own personal pilgrimage to Auschwitz. 　　7 - Journey's End 　　Countries visited: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany 　　High in the Tatra mountains of Slovakia, Michael skins a pig, and learns how to make sausages. He then departs to Brno to visit Tibor Turba's famous mime school, where he is asked to mime a cockerel. Travelling in a DC3, used during the Berlin airlift, he visits the island of Rugen, built by Hitler for his KDF ('Strength through Joy') programme.

Michael Palin explores the countries that were, for much of his life, hidden behind the Iron Curtain, and now are very much part of the New Europe of post-Soviet times. 　　1 - War and Peace 　　Countries visited: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Albania 　　In Medjugoree Michael encounters a visionary who first started having visitations from the Virgin Mary 25 years ago. In Dubrovnik he meets with lute maestro Edin Karamazov who made the recent 'Songs from the Labyrinth' album with Sting. Michael ends this visit with a sheep sacrifice which heralds an afternoon of music and hospitality typically Balkan. 　　2 - Eastern Delight 　　Countries visited: Macedonia, Bulgaria, Turkey 　　Michael makes a remarkable visit to Göreme, where the rocks have been carved to form homes and some of the most remarkable churches of the early Christian era. Leaving the Cappodocia region by balloon, he sails east towards the borders of the New Europe, which if Turkey were to join the European Union would include Iran, Iraq and Syria. 　　3 - Wild East 　　Countries visited: Trans-Dniester, Romania 　　Michael travels from Transdniester, a breakaway state from the Republic of Moldova, to the Vaser Valley in Romania, where he joins 80 lumberjacks as they board a wood-fired steam train. He finally ends up at Bran Castle in Transylvania, the ancestral home of Vlad the Impaler and alleged home of Bram Stoker's Dracula. 　　4 - Danube to Dnieper 　　Countries visited: Hungary, Ukraine 　　Michael travels by road, rail and river through Hungary and the Ukraine, ending in the Black Sea resort of Yalta. Along the way he visits Budapest's 'House of Terror', a National Park in Hortobagy, an area which Attila the Hun was reputed to have rampaged across, and ends up meeting a Leeds market trader who married the Ukranian prime minister's daughter. 　　5 - Baltic Summer 　　Countries visited: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia 　　Michael travels from Tallinn in the north, through Latvia, to Lithuania in the south, sailing into the Baltic from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, formerly East Prussia. In Estonia he visits a pyramid house and samples the medicinal properties of leeches. In Latvia he visits one of the most secretive places of the Communist-era, the astronomical telescope. 　　6 - From Pole to Pole 　　Country visited: Poland 　　Arriving in Gdansk via canal, Michael meets former electrician Lech Walesa who formed 'Solidarity', Poland's first independent trade union, which led to the demise of communism in that country. Heading to Warsaw he visits the Palace of Culture, Stalin's controversial gift to Varsovians. Michael then makes his own personal pilgrimage to Auschwitz. 　　7 - Journey's End 　　Countries visited: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany 　　High in the Tatra mountains of Slovakia, Michael skins a pig, and learns how to make sausages. He then departs to Brno to visit Tibor Turba's famous mime school, where he is asked to mime a cockerel. Travelling in a DC3, used during the Berlin airlift, he visits the island of Rugen, built by Hitler for his KDF ('Strength through Joy') programme.

Two old friends reunite, which causes complications.

This series captures the reactions of ordinary people as news of the meeting (Trump and Kim Jong-un at the summit) filtered through the country.

This series captures the reactions of ordinary people as news of the meeting (Trump and Kim Jong-un at the summit) filtered through the country.

汉克和麦克是一对好朋友，他们的工作就是在复活节的时候扮成兔子，跟那些在圣诞节时扮圣诞老人的差不多。不过这两个脏话连篇的兔子扮演者，某天被意外解雇了。为了谋生，他们打算做些零工来养活自己，可惜事事不顺。两人这才发现，也许自己最大的才能就是扮兔子给人们送去欢笑……

汉克和麦克是一对好朋友，他们的工作就是在复活节的时候扮成兔子，跟那些在圣诞节时扮圣诞老人的差不多。不过这两个脏话连篇的兔子扮演者，某天被意外解雇了。为了谋生，他们打算做些零工来养活自己，可惜事事不顺。两人这才发现，也许自己最大的才能就是扮兔子给人们送去欢笑……

In the first leg of an epic 1300 miles across Nigeria, Michael is in bustling Lagos