Joanna Lumley: Land Of The Northern Lights

Travelling north across the Arctic Circle up through Norway and finally to Svalbard, Joanna takes viewers on a very personal journey as she hopes to see the spell-binding Northern Lights.

Joanna grew up in tropical Malaysia, yet dreamed of the winter wonderland she read about in books. She says: "I had never seen snow and never felt cold. In the Far East, cold was a luxury and snow was only in pictures in fairy stories." On this epic voyage Joanna uncovers the nature, history and culture of the region whilst taking in the rugged beauty of her surroundings.

Box of crayons in hand, Joanna's journey takes her from dog sled to snowmobile as she finds out about the region's rich and surprising folklore of snow-queens, trolls and Vikings and spends time with reindeer herdsmen from Europe's last indigenous people, the Sami. (Source: BBC Press Office)