World's Most Scenic River Journeys
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45:55We take an enchanting journey down the Po River, travelling across northern Italy from the snow-capped Alps to the spell-binding Delta where the river meets the Adriatic Sea. We board our first boat at the Renaissance town of Piacenza, the start of the extraordinary low-lying plains where the Po's meandering course has sha...
46:21Our journey down the mighty Hudson river weaves 500 kilometres through some of New York State's most stunning natural landscapes and ends at the iconic Statue of Liberty. We begin in the Adirondack Mountains where the forested slopes are covered with trees turned a thousand brilliant colours in the autumn sunshine.
45:58Our journey down the German section of the beautiful Moselle river takes us from the Roman city of Trier to where the river flows into the Rhine at Koblenz. Famous for the vineyards on its dramatically steep banks, picturesque villages, and remarkable meandering loops, the Moselle is often considered Europe's most romantic...
45:59Our journey down the attraction-packed Niagara River is filled with adventure and beauty. We begin navigating the fascinating history and engineering of this border river between Canada and the United States, before arriving at the world-famous Niagara Falls.
46:18We journey along Ireland's longest river, the Shannon, through an emerald green landscape of rolling hills and sparkling waters. Carving a route from north to south of the country, we discover how Vikings, monks and Kings have all made their mark along this important waterway.
46:01We make a breath-taking journey on Scotland's River Spey, travelling from its source in the Highlands, winding our way by boat through the spectacular mountains to where the river meets the North Sea.
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Narrated by Bill Nighy, we venture way down upon the Suwannee river, immortalised by the song 'the old folks back home'. But the river we find is a wild primordial place, full of alligators, turtles and manatee. 46:09Narrated by Bill Nighy, this is a journey down Bosnia and Herzegovina's Neretva River, which flows like a healing balm through a country riven by war. At its headwaters, high in the Dinaric Alps, a place where bears and wolves still out number humans, we benign our journey with Amal Emric.
46:15Narrated by Nighy, this is a voyage down the river that forged America. From its headwaters in West Virginia right to its estray in Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac was a front line in the Civil War that ripped America apart. At Harpers Ferry we'll visit the armoury - raided by the abolitionist John Brown in 1859 - the spark t...
46:05Narrated by Bill Nighy, we follow in the footsteps of the first Europeans as we venture down the untamed waters of the Buller river. Blessed by a Maori Elder, of the Ngati Apa ki te Ra To, our voyage down this totally untamed river will begin by tackling Grade-6 rapids.
46:06Narrated by Bill Nighy, we voyage down the mighty St Lawrence Seaway, a 1207-kilometre river connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic. Diving into a graveyard of ships, some going back to the war of independence, we follow modern cargo ships that are now part of a $45 billion network along the river.
46:04Narrated by Bill Nighy, this is a journey down Ireland's river Suir - a river that flows with the history of the Emerald Island, from its headwaters in Devils Bit Mountains of County Tipperary down to the Hook Lighthouse in Waterford Bay.
46:01In this episode, we follow the 'Klondikers' into the frozen North of Canada's Gold Rush River, the Yukon. Our first guide, Judith Currelly, is an artist, who learnt to fly a float plane so she could paint in true wilderness. She flies is into the ancient lands of the Tlingit First Nation, where we'll take to the river in t...
46:03Narrated by Bill Nighy, this is a journey down Spain's mighty Guadalquivir River. Paddle boarding down gorges and onto the great plane of Andalusia, we fish in deep pools and harvest olives in the same way the Romans did. Passing on through the great Muslim cities of Cordoba and Seville, we'll follow in the footsteps of th...
46:07In this episode, we escape on a magical voyage through the green heart of south-west France, and travel by traditional boats down a once-vital highway. We will balloon high over fairy-tale castles, which hide a turbulent past, but now form a tranquil playground. Guided by those who live, work, and play on its banks, we'll ...
46:20Bill Nighy narrates this visually stunning series, telling the stories of these epic river journeys through the characters who live and work on them. In the first episode, we escape on a magical journey along England's holiday river, the River Bure. A journey from the tranquillity of the upper river, through the holiday hu...