Joanna Lumley's Silk Road Adventure: Venice, Albania and Turkey
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Today on U&Yesterday (27)
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Venice, Albania and Turkey
Season 1, Episode 1
The actress begins her journey along the ancient trade route, travelling thousands of miles across eight countries. She begins in Venice, Italy, where she sees how the travels of Silk Road traders influenced the growth of the small island state. She then travels to Albania and walks the beginning of the Via Egnatia, before reaching Turkey, where she uncovers centuries of trading and travelling history
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Joanna Lumley
(Presenter)
Clive Tulloh
(Executive producer)
Stephanie Fyfe
(Producer)
Ewen Thomson
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Joanna Lumley
(Presenter)
Born:
May 01, 1946
in
Srinagar, Kashmir
Best Known For:
Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous.
Early-life:
Joanna Lamond Lumley was born on May 1, 1946, in Srinagar, Kashmir. As a child she lived with her family in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, where her father was a major in the Ghurkas. She came to England aged nine to attend boarding school in Kent, and later a convent school in Hastings. At 16 she auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but was turned down and decided to become a model instead, despite initially being told she was "too fat and too ugly".
Career:
Lumley's first film was 1969's Some Girls Do, followed by Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Her most notable early role was as Ken Barlow's girlfriend Elaine in Coronation Street. Lumley became famous thanks to The New Avengers in 1976. After Sapphire and Steel in the late 1970s, she turned her attention to the theatre and had a stint as a Times columnist. In 1992, Jennifer Saunders cast her as Patsy in sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. Since then, she has appeared in numerous TV dramas and films, including Maybe Baby, James and the Giant Peach, Jam & Jerusalem, Sensitive Skin, The Making of a Lady and The Wolf of Wall Street.
Quote:
"I can't see any difference in having your hair dyed, your teeth fixed, your nose done, or your face smoothed out or lifted."
Trivia:
Lumley received an OBE in 1995.
Clive Tulloh
(Executive producer)
Stephanie Fyfe
(Producer)
Ewen Thomson
(Director)
