Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure: an ‘uncynical’ celebrity travelogue

This four-episode series follows Lumley to Indonesia, Madagascar, India, Jordan and Zanzibar

Joanna Lumley pictured sorting through ginger roots in Kochi, India
Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure makes for ‘soothing television’
(Image credit: ITV)

“As most of us are unlikely to be invited on holiday with Joanna Lumley any time soon, let us enjoy the next best thing,” said Anita Singh in The Daily Telegraph: an ITV series in which she travels through Indonesia, Madagascar, India, Jordan and Zanzibar, tracing the history of the spice trade.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up