World's Most Scenic River Journeys
World's Most Scenic River Journeys is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 10 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2025.
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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.
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Narrated 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. 46:07 Expired
Narrated by Bill 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 sp... 45:57 Expired
Narrated 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. 45:58 Expired
Narrated 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. 45:56 Expired
Narrated 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. 45:53 Expired
Narrated by Bill Nighy, 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 riv... 45:55 Expired
Narrated 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... 45:59 Expired
In 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 ... 46:12 Expired
Bill 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...