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World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The stories of epic trips along scenic waterways in Europe and North America, meeting some of the characters who live and work on and alongside them. Narrated by Bill Nighy.

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This is the shoreline
of the Chippawa Channel, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

This is the shoreline of the Chippawa Channel,

Just going to put them back in the
river, exactly where they came from. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Just going to put them back in the river, exactly where they...

"Nibi" means water
in Anishinaabemowin, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

"Nibi" means water in Anishinaabemowin,

So the young salmon, like us, can
make their epic journey to the sea. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

So the young salmon, like us, can make their epic journey to...

And judge exactly the right line
as he moves through the bend. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And judge exactly the right line as he moves through the ben...

Originally, a tug boat for the
Italian Navy, it was restored - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Originally, a tug boat for the Italian Navy, it was restored

And now I have to move
more to starboard side - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And now I have to move more to starboard side

Knowing that my ancestors
paddled the same river... - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Knowing that my ancestors paddled the same river...

And, on the banks, we come
across the remains - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And, on the banks, we come across the remains

On the Spey, the salmon are present,
I think, 107 miles up from the sea - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

On the Spey, the salmon are present, I think, 107 miles up f...

...5,000 years ago, 10,000 years ago,
it's incredible. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

...5,000 years ago, 10,000 years ago, it's incredible.

And he's done it. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And he's done it.

Every time I paddle, I feel
that energy from the spirits - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Every time I paddle, I feel that energy from the spirits

Today, the weather is very nice.
It's sunny, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Today, the weather is very nice. It's sunny,

You can imagine this very different
landscape a century ago, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

You can imagine this very different landscape a century ago,

And we're following the same path
the salmon have taken for millennia. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And we're following the same path the salmon have taken...

But the most beautiful thing is
to have this free feeling. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

But the most beautiful thing is to have this free feeling.

You see - you have the world
in front of you. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

You see - you have the world in front of you.

We join Michele-Elise Burnett
in a traditional birch bark canoe, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

We join Michele-Elise Burnett in a traditional birch bark ca...

From its source at Loch Spey,
the river takes us past the village - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

From its source at Loch Spey, the river takes us past the vi...

This area would have been
churned up by industrial activity. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

This area would have been churned up by industrial activity.

Our barge is heading on
towards the Rhine - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Our barge is heading on towards the Rhine

Propelled by two powerful engines, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Propelled by two powerful engines,

She is paddling downriver
past Grand Island - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

She is paddling downriver past Grand Island

...and onto the mystical islands
of Lough Derg. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

...and onto the mystical islands of Lough Derg.

Then the Spey carries us
to the great fishing estate - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Then the Spey carries us to the great fishing estate

The Hudson River allowed
New York City to exist in the way - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The Hudson River allowed New York City to exist in the way

Today, the Moselle is one of 13
German wine-growing regions, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Today, the Moselle is one of 13 German wine-growing regions,

We'll discover historic Killaloe - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

We'll discover historic Killaloe

Over the Knockando Rapids, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Over the Knockando Rapids,

This birch bark canoe, it's a one
man canoe for hunting and fishing, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

This birch bark canoe, it's a one man canoe for hunting...

Taking only five years to build, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Taking only five years to build,

It's famed for what many consider - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It's famed for what many consider

...before the Shannon carries us
through the estuary to Loop Head, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

...before the Shannon carries us through the estuary to Loop...

It was something that the whole
family did together - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It was something that the whole family did together

But the mining industry here
has long since shut down - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

But the mining industry here has long since shut down

Its hydro power station has a
generating capacity of 80 megawatts. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Its hydro power station has a generating capacity of 80 mega...

In other words, electricity for
nearly 200,000 homes per year. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

In other words, electricity for nearly 200,000 homes per yea...

The roots of the Moselle's
viniculture can be traced back - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The roots of the Moselle's viniculture can be traced ba...

The canoe was very, very important
to us - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The canoe was very, very important to us

For the first leg of our
230-mile journey, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

For the first leg of our 230-mile journey,

As we head east, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

As we head east,

The idea that a place this quiet
and this serene can be the seed - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The idea that a place this quiet and this serene can be the ...

We have to wait for this small
stream to become a navigable river. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

We have to wait for this small stream to become a navigable ...

It also has the biggest lock
in Italy. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It also has the biggest lock in Italy.

With each basin 115 metres long, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

With each basin 115 metres long,

At this point in the river,
we must come in to shore. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

At this point in the river, we must come in to shore.

Sliding over the steep bedrock, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Sliding over the steep bedrock,

It's a sculpture
of a 3rd century Roman wine ship. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It's a sculpture of a 3rd century Roman wine ship.

Just like Michele-Elis's ancestors, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Just like Michele-Elis's ancestors,

Trickling south from the Shannon Pot
down through the Iron Mountains, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Trickling south from the Shannon Pot down through the Iron M...

A copy now adorns
the centre of the village. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

A copy now adorns the centre of the village.

As the wild peatland gives way
to dense woodlands, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

As the wild peatland gives way to dense woodlands,

Downstream, the Falls
must be bypassed by land. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Downstream, the Falls must be bypassed by land.

Every time I come here, I think
about being in New York Harbour. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Every time I come here, I think about being in New York Harb...

But a little portaging
didn't stop this from being - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

But a little portaging didn't stop this from being

The statue provided the inspiration
for a group of local wine lovers - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The statue provided the inspiration for a group of local win...

This extraordinary feat
of engineering has made 500 miles - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

This extraordinary feat of engineering has made 500 miles

It marks the first settlement on
its course, the village of Dowra. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It marks the first settlement on its course, the village of ...

And water that started here,
if it's under my canoe right now, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And water that started here, if it's under my canoe rig...

Canoes are the only craft
that can cope with the speed - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Canoes are the only craft that can cope with the speed

Then, five miles downstream,
it flows into its first lake. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Then, five miles downstream, it flows into its first lake.

It was an area that our indigenous
people would come from the north - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It was an area that our indigenous people would come from th...

But first, we've got
to slide them up this hill. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

But first, we've got to slide them up this hill.

The 18-metre-long Neumagen Star, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The 18-metre-long Neumagen Star,

...I don't know,
that... that's a magical thing. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

...I don't know, that... that's a magical thing.

Lough Allen is nine miles long
and three miles wide, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Lough Allen is nine miles long and three miles wide,

This is not the most elegant
entry to the river. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

This is not the most elegant entry to the river.

This high up in the mountains, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

This high up in the mountains,

Not a great lake for boating, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Not a great lake for boating,

The function of the river changed
dramatically once North America - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The function of the river changed dramatically once North Am...

And we're hitching a ride downriver - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

And we're hitching a ride downriver

The fledgling Hudson continues, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The fledgling Hudson continues,

It's the first time.
I really enjoy this day. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It's the first time. I really enjoy this day.

The Niagara quickly took on
a new role as a border, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

The Niagara quickly took on a new role as a border,

Luckily for us, no-one knows
this river better - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Luckily for us, no-one knows this river better

We're joining these
experienced boarders - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

We're joining these experienced boarders

As the tourists on the Mattei enjoy
the views, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

As the tourists on the Mattei enjoy the views,

When you're on the river,
you are not connected to the banks. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

When you're on the river, you are not connected to the ...

As it twists and turns
through the wilderness, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

As it twists and turns through the wilderness,

I love the Spey.
I love the Spey in total. - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

I love the Spey. I love the Spey in total.

They favour this sheltered stretch
leading south from Lough Allen, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

They favour this sheltered stretch leading south from Lough ...

It's an imposed border
from our point of view - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It's an imposed border from our point of view

It's the best place on earth.
Beautiful scenery, wonderful people - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

It's the best place on earth. Beautiful scenery, wonder...

So we're leaving the dam
to join 35-year-old - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

So we're leaving the dam to join 35-year-old

Whether it's for work or pleasure, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Whether it's for work or pleasure,

All your stress
and all your sorrows, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

All your stress and all your sorrows,

We're about to get back
on the water, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

We're about to get back on the water,

Do you ever look at the reflection, - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Do you ever look at the reflection,

Once a year, we go across
the Niagara Falls Bridge - World's Most Scenic River Journeys

Once a year, we go across the Niagara Falls Bridge

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The stories of epic trips along scenic waterways in Europe and North America, meeting some of the characters who live and work on and alongside them. Narrated by Bill Nighy.

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Director: N/A

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Production: BriteSpark East,Saloon Media

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 7.6

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Released: 02 Apr 2021

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Homepage: http://www.channel5.com/show/world-s-most-scenic-river-journeys/