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In&nbsp;<i>Following the Equator with Sir Peter Ustinov</i>&nbsp;- a four-part series being made for Granada TV - the irrepressible actor-director-producer-playwright-novelist retraces an around-the-world trip made by Mark Twain in the 19th century.

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Sir Peter Ustinov visits India again

In Following the Equator with Sir Peter Ustinov - a four-part series being made for Granada TV - the irrepressible actor-director-producer-playwright-novelist retraces an around-the-world trip made by Mark Twain in the 19th century.

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