Name: Travels with a Tangerine
Genre: Documentary
Cast: Tim Mackintosh-Smith

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Travels with a Tangerine

2007•50m•Documentary

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Arabic scholar Tim Mackintosh-Smith journeys 75,000 miles through 40 countries in the footsteps of 14th century traveller Ibn Battutah, who was born in Tangiers, North Africa, and travelled the world for thirty years.

StatusEnded

Runtime50m

LanguageEN

First Air DateNov 1, 2007

StatusEnded

Runtime50m

LanguageEN

First Air DateNov 1, 2007

Episodes

E150m

Wanderlust

Tim Mackintosh-Smith sets off in the footsteps of the Moroccan scholar Ibn Battutah who, in 1325, embarked on a thirty-year pilgrimage across forty countries and three continents.

Nov 1, 2007

E250m

Magicians and Mystics

Tim travels through Turkey, the Crimea and India. On his way he uncovers all that is weird, wonderful and mystical in the Islamic world. With very strong language.

Nov 8, 2007

E350m

Trade Winds

Travel writer and Arabist Tim Mackintosh-Smith explores the place of Islam in Hindu-dominated India and Communist China, and tells the story of the glittering Islamic trade empire of the 14th century. Travelling from Gujarat to Calicut he witnesses the ritual dance of the Indian Abyssinians, which culminates in a fire-walking frenzy. In the Maldives, Tim explores Ibn Battutah's claim that he had discovered the secret of formidable sexual prowess. Taking to the Maritime Silk Route, Tim heads to China. He meets a clan who trace their ancestry back to Arabs, and witnesses an illegal Arabic lesson - the authorities are quick to equate learning Arabic with Islamic fundamentalism. Ibn Battutah's journey across the world ended with an encounter with a hermit mystic in a cave outside Guangzhou. Will Tim find the cave, hidden in the forests of White Cloud Mountain?

Nov 15, 2007

Actors

Tim Mackintosh-Smith

Host

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