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Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey

Greece's Borderlands (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 46 min | Documentary
Joanna Lumley travels to northwest corner of Greece and visits the island of Corfu. Now a major holiday destination, the island has been fought over for centuries given its strategic location. There is a strong British influence on the ...See moreJoanna Lumley travels to northwest corner of Greece and visits the island of Corfu. Now a major holiday destination, the island has been fought over for centuries given its strategic location. There is a strong British influence on the island and Joanna visits one of the island's beautiful homes. In the town of Corfu, she walks the narrow streets in the center of the town where in the main square, there is a cricket pitch. She also visits a marching brass band one of more than 20 on the island. From Corfu, she travels overland to the far Eastern corner of Greece. On the way she tours a monastery visited by Lord Byron; in the town of Nigrita, she witnesses traditional Greek wrestling; at Philippi she visits a baptistery where St. Paul preached the gospel for the first time on European soil; and learns about the migration of Christians and Muslims when the border between Greece and Turkey was set in 1923. This leg of her trips ends with a visit to a military base along the sensitive Greco-Turkish border. Written by garykmcd See less
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Director
Rob Farquhar
Producer
Sarah Taylor
Composer
Debbie Wiseman
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Updated Oct 20, 2011
Release date
Oct 20, 2011 (United Kingdom)

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Joanna Lumley
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Spyros Bakas
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