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Joanna Lumley’s Great Cities of the World

Season 1
Can there be a more charming traveling companion than Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley? She's jetting off again in this delightful travel documentary series and this time she's exploring the famous sites, and hidden treasures, within three of the world's greatest cities: Berlin, Paris and Rome. Joanna will be seeking out unexplored locations as she attempts to unearth the soul of these amazing locales.
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  1. S1 E1 - Paris
    March 16, 2022
    47min
    TV-PG
    A quick trip to Paris with Ab Fab legend Joanna Lumley? How can you resist! In this endearing travel documentary, Joanna takes a hot-air balloon ride across the city, visits the fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral, meets heiress Daphne Guinness, buys a vintage Chanel suit and meets Ibrahim, a refugee turned inner-city beekeeper. But can she achieve her aim of being mistaken for a real Parisienne?
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  2. S1 E2 - Rome
    March 16, 2022
    45min
    TV-PG
    Join Ab Fab's Joanna Lumley as she takes an exclusive trip to Rome. And perhaps the Pope is a Lumley fan, as she gets to visit the Vatican's Sistine Chapel alone. In this utterly charming travel documentary, she sits down with movie legend Gina Lollobrigida and Gina's natural enemy, a leading paparazzi. But what's the famous murder site, usually barred from tourists, that Joanna gets to visit?
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  3. S1 E3 - Berlin
    March 16, 2022
    46min
    TV-PG
    Ab Fab star Joanna Lumley's whistle-stop tour around Europe reaches its finale in Berlin. In this illuminating and unusual travel documentary, Joanna explores the dark history of the city, meeting a photographer who documented life in Soviet-controlled East Berlin and Holocaust survivor, Frau Friedlander. But there's also time for a quick jaunt with a renowned all-female motorcycle gang.
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Producers
Clive TullohJoanna Lumley
Cast
Joanna Lumley
Studio
Burning Bright Productions
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