Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This series is Joanna Lumley's grandest and most challenging journey yet, a breath-taking odyssey from Venice to the Chinese border along the veins of the ancient Silk Road.

A perilous network of paths, the Silk Road shaped the modern world, bringing silk, printing, spices, gunpowder, and many other things, to the West. Joanna's adventure will see her travel through a breath-taking array of fabulous landscapes as she crosses continents, deserts, mountains and steppe, boldly following in the footsteps of the merchants, conquerors, kings and pilgrims who once lived and died along this route.

Series details

• Title: Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Travel
• Premiere date: 2018-09-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-10-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 38458
• IMDb ID: tt9549930

Cast and credited roles

• Joanna Lumley — Joanna Lumley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-09-12; final listed air date 2018-10-03; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

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