truman   10 #13 Posted September 28, 2018 No obesity, no fast food places, no mobile phones, hardly any traffic, not sure about the airport though  No food... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Top Cats Hat   10 #14 Posted September 28, 2018 Mr Palin was very empathetic with the young female minder/translator and sussed quite quickly where her discomfort zone was when speaking about sensitive issues and didn't push it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
francypants   441 #15 Posted September 28, 2018 Really enjoyable two parter, but with Michael Palin presenting, it couldn't be anything but ..... he's top class. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B Â Â 1,414 #16 Posted September 28, 2018 Really enjoyable two parter, but with Michael Palin presenting, it couldn't be anything but ..... he's top class. Â And he didn't denigrate her, or the system, even though he probably disagreed with it. That's what makes him a brilliant presenter. Â (Oops... that was meant as a reply to Top Cats Hat.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
shaznay   10 #17 Posted September 28, 2018 No food...  They all seemed quite content though, perhaps they have no choice...they didn’t look as though they were starving to be honest The men get 5 litres of free beer a month Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
lil-minx92   10 #18 Posted September 28, 2018 What a great 2 part series, what a bizzare country N Korea is Makes you think, being controlled might not be that bad Let’s face it who is more controlled us here or the N Koreans ... mm  Umm probably the North Koreans having read about life (and death) in the forced labour camps in the book The Aquariums of Pyongyang- a good read by the way Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...