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Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights

Documentary in which Joanna Lumley travels across the Arctic Circle and through Norway to pursue a lifelong dream of seeing the Northern Lights.

An amazing journey in Norway's far North as Joanna Lumley pursues a lifelong dream to track down the elusive, stunningly beautiful Northern Lights - 'the true wonder of the world,' as she puts it.

Joanna grew up in tropical Malaysia, and as a little girl never saw snow or felt cold. Inspired by fairytales and picture books, she always longed to make the journey north. At last she travels north across the Arctic Circle, up through Norway to Svalbard, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth, where she has to cope with temperatures approaching minus 30 degrees centigrade.

With a box of crayons in hand, her journey takes her from train to boat, to husky-sled, to snowmobile, as she is pulled ever northwards by what she calls 'the strongest point of the compass'. She explores the romantic fjords of Lofoten and learns to ride a snowmobile, speeding across endless expanses of Lapland tundra with a Sami herdsman in search of his reindeer. As she reaches the Arctic Ocean, she prepares for bed in a hotel made entirely of ice. Everywhere she goes, she asks about the mysterious Northern Lights.

1 hour

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Thu 14 Jul 2022 00:50
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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in E -Major op 22, Larghetto

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dances op 35 no 1 Allegro Marcato

  • Terry Devine-King

    Flight of Fantasy

  • Geirr Tveitt

    100 Hardanger Tunes: Suite No. 1 op 151. no 9 Langeleik Tune

  • Christian Sinding

    6 Pieces, op 32 no 3 The Rustle of Spring

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Suite op 54 no 3 Nocturne

  • Edvard Grieg

    Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Edvard Grieg

    The Peer Gynt Suite 2 op 55: Peer Gynt's Return

  • Edvard Grieg

    The Peer Gynt Suite 1 op 46: The Death of Aase

  • Geirr Tveitt

    100 Hardanger Tunes: Suite No. 1 op 151. no 6 Alas My Girl

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Suite op 54 no 4, March of the Dwarfs

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces op 54 no 6, Bell Ringing

  • Anders Nils Eira

    Naranas

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces op 54 no 4, Nocturne

  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Last Spring, Op. 33, No. 2

  • Geirr Tveitt

    Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 130, "Aurora Borealis": Fading Away in the Bright Night of Sprin

  • Ole Bull

    Violin Concerto in E minor: Adagio

  • Geirr Tveitt

    100 Hardanger Tunes: Suite No. 1, Op. 151. no 7: Consecration of the New Beer

  • Edvard Grieg

    Ballade, Op. 24

    (arr. G. Tveitt)

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood

Credits

Presenter Joanna Lumley
Producer Helen Braun
Director Archie Baron

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