![From Burning Bright Production JOANNA LUMLEYS SPICE TRAIL ADVENTURE Episode 1 ??? Indonesia Wednesday 5th July 2023 at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX Pictured: Joanna???s spice journey begins as she arrives at the port in Banda, a remote Indonesian island.. Joanna Lumley sets off on one her most epic voyages yet. A journey through the world???s greatest spice continents. In this episode Joanna is heading to a collection of remote Indonesian islands, so small that her first challenge is finding them on the map. The Banda Islands were one the only place on earth where nutmeg grew. Joanna meets a family who make their living from harvesting them, she uncovers the dark history of Banda???s past and discovers that Banda???s charms once attracted A listers, including Mick Jagger. In the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta Joanna finds out what the attraction is of the 200 million clove cigarettes that are smoked in Indonesia every day. She pops into a cool speakeasy bar to taste a cocktail that is all about the spice and ends up discovering a newfound love of Indonesia???s national pop music. (C) Burning Bright Production For further information please contact Peter Gray Mob 07831460662 / peter.gray@itv.com This photograph is (C) *** and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned herein. Once made available by ITV plc Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission [TX] date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itv.com/presscentre/itvpictures/terms Joanna Lumley's Spice Trail TV still ITV](https://wp.inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SEI_162080321.jpg?crop=0px%2C229px%2C2495px%2C1412px&resize=640%2C360)
Pick of the day: Joanna Lumley’s Spice Trail Adventure
9pm, ITV1
The Ab Fab actress embarks on one of her most epic voyages yet, as she heads through the world’s greatest spice producers – touring Indonesia, Zanzibar, India and Madagascar. She begins in Indonesia, and a collection of remote islands so small that her first challenge is finding them on the map. She meets a family on the Banda Islands who make their living from nutmeg, uncovers the dark history of Banda’s past and discovers that its charms once attracted A-list celebrities. And in the capital, Jakarta, Lumley investigates the mass appeal of clove cigarettes and develops a
liking for Indonesian pop music.
The Great British Sewing Bee
9pm, BBC One
Heralded by Blur’s “Parklife” on the soundtrack, it’s 90s Week in the studio, starting with the remaining sewers making cargo pants. In the transformation challenge – taking fabric scrap and turning them into tributes to 90s icons – the sewers lean heavily into the Spice Girls, while the made-to-measure task is inspired by the decade’s supermodels. Glamorous, in short.
Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
9pm, Channel 4
An eco-build in Rutland made of upcycled grain silos that boasts a wood-fired hot-tub and a disco bathroom, and a rebooted 1970s beach house in Lincolnshire where Toksvig learns that “Netflix and chill” doesn’t mean what she thinks it does – these are among the stopovers as Rosie Jones accompanies the QI host around the Midlands.
Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie?
9pm, BBC Three
A four-part true-crime docuseries looks into the death of Swede Annie Borjesson, whose body was discovered on Prestwick beach in Scotland in December 2005. Hazel Martin investigates why Annie’s death was so quickly written off by police as a suicide, meets friends who described her as being happy at the time, and a forensic pathologist.
The Change
10pm, Channel 4
The concluding double-bill of Bridget Christie’s menopause comedy – “Shirley Valentine meets Deliverance” as she has described it – and it’s the much-discussed Eel Festival. Linda (Christie) is the first Eel Queen, which involved a lot of undignified manhandling by Carmel and Agnes (Monica Dolan and Susan Lynch). “You can’t knock people out and change their clothes,” she tells them, not unreasonably.
Awkwafina is Nora From Queens
10pm, BBC Three
The Crazy Rich Asians star’s semi-autobiographical sitcom returns with Nora (Awkwafina) having nightmares that she is afraid to share with her family. She’s still working in the deli, while cousin Edmund’s acting career is taking off, making Nora wonder whether therapy might be the answer. “Chinese people don’t do therapy,” her grandma insists.
Food for Ravens
10.10pm, BBC Four
Succession’s Brian Cox plays the NHS’s founding father, Labour politician Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, in Trevor Griffiths’ 2008 biopic bow being shown to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the health service. Taking its title from a 7th-century Welsh poem, the play focuses on Bevan’s final days as he muses on his life and career.
