Name: Joanna Lumley: Jewel In The Nile
Released: 2010-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Ramy Romany, Joanna Lumley

TV Show · Travel · Documentary

Actress Joanna Lumley embarks on a lifetime trip and explores the River Nile; for over 6000km, Lumley journeys through the desert to talk with the locals working and living there today, travels past the pyramids and revisits anicient temples.

2010 · 46m

Starring Ramy Romany, Joanna Lumley

Director Matt Bennett

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Joanna Lumley begins her journey on a fishing boat at the end of the Nile, where the river meets the Mediterranean; her adventure will take her south to find its source.
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Joanna follows the Nile, arriving in the remote deserts of northern Sudan, where she encounters an ancient African kingdom, the treasures of Nubia, and a family of nomads living in the remote sub-Saharan area.
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Joanna reaches Khartoum, the capital of Sudan and the confluence of the Blue Nile and the White Nile; she observes the city's famous whirling dervishes and enjoys the dukhan, a traditional beauty treatment for women using wood smoke.
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Joanna learns about a resurgence of beauty pageants in southern Sudan, and what has caused the phenomenon; Joanna also takes a tour along Uganda's White Nile river, on the last part of her journey.