Michael Palin in the Philippines

3 x 1 Hour Films Directed by Neil Ferguson

Produced by ITN for Paramount Plus & Channel 5

Budots: a dance born on the streets of Davao in the late 2000s and set to music by the wonderfully named Sherwin Tuna, aka DJ Love. “Budots” is local slang for “slacker.'“

The dancing inmates at the Cebu Detention and Rehabilitation Centre

Michael walks around Cebu prison

Michael meets President Marcos at Malacañang Palace, Manila

Pag-asa Island

A slightly sketchy encounter with the Chinese in disputed waters