Joanna Lumley’s Japan S1

BBC Earth HD, HyppTV Ch 501, 9.50pm

This three-episode series can be easily summarised in one sentence – English actress meets Japanese culture! Joanna Lumley is an award-winning actress, known

for her roles in Sapphire & Steel, Absolutely Fabulous, The New Avengers and more recently, The Wolf Of Wall Street. Now, Lumley is taking on a new challenge – taking a 3,200km journey across the four main islands of Japan. Starting from the northern reaches of the country, Lumley lands in Hokkaido where she travels to the city of Sapporo to attend the annual Snow Festival. Next, she visits a longstanding brewery that has been producing sake since 1689. But it isn’t all fun and games. Lumley also travels through Fukushima, revisiting the city that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.