在这部三集系列片中，乔安娜将踏上一段长达3,000英里的旅程，乘坐轮船、货车、飞机和徒步穿越日本，探索日本6,800个神秘岛屿上最不为人知的角落。从淳朴的山区到高楼林立的超级大都市，乔安娜将在这个美丽、神秘、而又令人向往的国度展开一段史诗般的旅程，沿途她还会与各个岛屿上的居民进行交流。

乔安娜·林莉进入丝绸之路，开始了一段重要但充满挑战的旅程。这条具有变革性意义的高速公路将丝绸、火药、纸张、意大利面等商品售往西方。乔安娜从丝绸之路最著名的旅行者马可·波罗的出生地——威尼斯出发，途径阿尔巴尼亚、土耳其、格鲁吉亚、阿塞拜疆、伊朗、乌兹别克斯坦和吉尔吉斯斯坦，领略这些城市的美丽风光。她探访了土耳其充满梦幻色彩的卡帕多西亚，阿塞拜疆的撒马尔罕以及伊朗的古老城市伊斯法罕和设拉子。乔安娜一路上遇拜访了纺纱工人、托钵僧和吉尔吉斯斯坦天山山脉的猎鹰人。这是一段精彩的冒险之旅，将呈现数个极少在银幕上露面的浪漫城市。

乔安娜·林莉进入丝绸之路，开始了一段重要但充满挑战的旅程。这条具有变革性意义的高速公路将丝绸、火药、纸张、意大利面等商品售往西方。乔安娜从丝绸之路最著名的旅行者马可·波罗的出生地——威尼斯出发，途径阿尔巴尼亚、土耳其、格鲁吉亚、阿塞拜疆、伊朗、乌兹别克斯坦和吉尔吉斯斯坦，领略这些城市的美丽风光。她探访了土耳其充满梦幻色彩的卡帕多西亚，阿塞拜疆的撒马尔罕以及伊朗的古老城市伊斯法罕和设拉子。乔安娜一路上遇拜访了纺纱工人、托钵僧和吉尔吉斯斯坦天山山脉的猎鹰人。这是一段精彩的冒险之旅，将呈现数个极少在银幕上露面的浪漫城市。

故事发生在二战时期的克拉科夫，女主人公乔安娜的丈夫被送往集中营，一天她在教堂发现了一个犹太小姑娘。她决定冒着再大的危险也要照顾好她。小姑娘的母亲已经在围捕中被捕，这成为乔安娜内心不能说的秘密，不能透露给任何人，甚至她的亲戚，还要同敌人周旋。《乔安娜》根据一个真实故事改编，表现了跨民族间人性的无私和无畏的精神

以女孩阿尔菲为原型，该片讲述的是17岁的乔安娜的故事，她个性、时髦，决心在伦敦的花花世界里做一个感受新生活的艺术生。吉妮维夫·怀特倾情出演了该片。

Joanna starts the blog when she finds out she has cancer and is given three months to live. The blog describes her daily life honestly and accurately: her goals are as simple as a family trip to the Polish lake district. 　　Thanks to her blog, for many people Joanna has become an icon of a thoughtful and joyful life. The blog describes her daily life honestly and accurately: her goals are as simple as a family trip to the Polish lake district; her planning as short-term as witnessing her son’s first successful bike ride without training wheels. She starts the blog when she finds out she has cancer and is given three months to live. Then she promises her 5-year-old son, Jas, that she will do her best to survive for as long as possible. And she starts writing for him. The documentary shows the everyday existence of Joanna, her husband Piotr, and little Jas. It is as discreet as it is moving. Through few well-chosen words and observations it manages to be both essential and sensuous. A story of thoughtfulness in death, life and love.

After a lifetime of travels that have taken her across the globe, Joanna is making her most personal journey yet as she travels around the UK exploring the wonders of the country she calls home.

Joanna Lumley embarks on the world’s greatest train journey for this epic new three-part documentary series, The series sees Joanna travel from East to West, departing from Hong Kong across 5777 miles of both Asia and Europe, through seven time zones, taking in an immense panorama of vistas and cultures, people and places, before her final arrival in Moscow. Everything about this legendary journey is of epic proportions. It cuts across three distinct countries, cultures, landscapes and languages and crosses some of the worlds most geographically challenging, yet resource rich and scenically splendid regions. Joanna will be hopping on and off the train visiting people and places as she travels.