Joanna Lumley's Japan

An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet

November 2024 •English

Follow Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s search for the people, ideas, traditions, and attitudes – the solutions – which will transform fear of the future into hope, climate angst into optimism and human disconnection into engagement. In each of the six episodes, Nikolaj and his affable team criss-cross the globe exploring humanity, witnessing its power for good and learning about some of the remarkable solutions (both old and new) that inspire his optimism for the future.

Martin Compston's Norwegian Fling

November 2024 •English

Best buds Martin Compston and Phil MacHugh are back on the road enjoying a fling in the fjords. They visit Scotland's Scandi neighbour for death metal, reindeers, vikings and more.

Joel & Nish Vs The World

November 2024 •English

Best friends Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar travel to locations across the globe to immerse themselves in the lives of the toughest, strongest, fittest people in the world.

Train Otaku Michiko, 20,000 km.

November 2024 •Japanese

Ohganeku Michiko, who works in the planning sales department of a famous furniture maker, had a traumatic experience with her ex-boyfriend in the past. Being a railway otaku for 10 years, she uses her free time to visit train stations on local lines nationwide where she meets various people, enjoys the scenery and delicacies.

Hipster Tour - Iceland

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Hipster Tour - Scandinavia

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Seoul Searching

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Under the Radar Michigan

November 2024 •English

This is a fast-paced, modern, thirty-minute program that explores the best of Michigan. Airing on PBS outlets all across Michigan, Northern Ohio, and Eastern Wisconsin and 2.5 Million homes in Canada. Think modern, hip, high-tech, fast-paced, travel channel - concentrating on only Michigan. Each week UTR host Tom Daldin explores everything from Michigan restaurants and museums, to cool businesses and neighborhoods. The object is to discover the people, places and things that are unique about Michigan.

Crimes That Shook Britain

November 2024 •English

Uncover the truth behind the crimes that shocked the nation.

James and Jupp

November 2024 •English

Comedians Elis James and Miles Jupp take a series of unconventional trips around Wales.

Miriam’s Big American Adventure

November 2024 •English

Miriam Margolyes embarks on an epic road trip through the heartlands of middle America with her unique mix of charm, cheek and curiosity. Miriam is travelling almost a thousand miles from Chicago to New Orleans, and along the way she meets the people whose voices and votes are reshaping the nation.

The Real Marigold Hotel

November 2024 •English

A group of famous faces travel to India to see if retiring in India would be better than retiring in England.

The Real Marigold on Tour

November 2024 •English

Having road-tested retirement in India, Miriam Margoyles, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager are reunited to discover what it is like to grow old in other countries around the world.

Tribes, Predators, and Me

November 2024 •English

Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the remotest regions on three continents to join three tribal families, learning their unique traditional survival skills and how they live alongside the world’s most iconic and dangerous animals.

Jimmy Doherty's Escape to the Wild

November 2024 •English

Jimmy Doherty visits far-flung places to meet people who have created new lives for themselves in surprising and unlikely locations

Japan: Between Earth & Sky

November 2024 •French

Discover some the most beautiful sites in the Japan, the great spectacle of nature and the subtle balance that prevails between tradition and modernity.

Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage

November 2024 •English

Grayson Perry explores the landmark events in all of our lives—Birth, Coming of Age, Marriage and Death. He works alongside people who are going through those universal experiences with the aim to try and reinvent these rites of passage so he can mark and celebrate them for modern secular Britain.

The Last Overland

November 2024 •English

Eighty-seven-year-old adventurer Tim Slessor sets out to recreate his own 1955 record-breaking drive from London to Singapore - in the same badly behaved old Land Rover. What could possibly go wrong?

Die letzten Paradiese

November 2024 •German

Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip

November 2024 •English

Artist and social commentator Grayson Perry crosses the US, exploring its biggest fault lines, from race to class and identity, making art as he goes