- 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 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.—garykmcd
- In northern Greece, this episode concentrates on diversity within the country resulting from the various invasions and long-lasting occupations, being on the crossroads between West and East. Corfu was transformed under the British protectorate of the Ionian islands, completing a Westrisation dating from 4 centuries of venetian rule. The erst of Greece knew a long Ottoman rule, but focuses no less on its struggle for independence, in which poet Lord Byron played an iconic part. The religious identity became a key factor in the remaining rivalry with Turkey since the post-world war I virtual ethnic cleansing by forced migration.—KGF Vissers
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