Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure

Joanna starts her adventure in Venice, the European terminus of the Silk Road, where she discovers how the Silk Road helped the merchants of Venice and the city state itself grow rich and powerful.

Joanna continues her adventure following the ancient Silk Road from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, across the rapidly changing post-Soviet states of Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Joanna continues her adventure by crossing Iran. A land of incredible diversity and phenomenal beauty, Iran was once the heart of the Persian Empire, but nowadays it’s little visited by Westerners and somewhat misunderstood.

Joanna Lumley travels across Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, the heartland of the Silk Road. This little-known corner of the world is blessed with hyperbole-defying scenery that has played host to centuries of war, trade, guts, glory and espionage.