[2] Michael Palin in North Korea recorded viewing figures of 4.5 million viewers and was nominated for two BAFTAs,[3] while a 'special edition' featuring the first two parts and previously unseen footage was aired on Channel 5 on 27 December 2018.

[1] In 2022, Channel 5 commissioned a follow-up from ITN Productions called Michael Palin: Into Iraq, which saw Palin crossing the country following the route of the Tigris river from its source at Lake Hazar in Turkey to the Persian Gulf.

In the second episode Palin celebrates his 75th-birthday in North Korea, and travels to the Demilitarized Zone that divides North and South Korea, the ancient Korean capital at Kaesong, Mount Kumgang, and the coastal city of Wonsan.

Palin then flies from Wonsan to Mount Paektu on the border with China before returning to Pyongyang, where he visits members of the North Korean national taekwondo team.

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