Channel 5 has announced Jane McDonald: From Pole to Pole, a six-part travel documentary series featuring the popular TV personality and travel enthusiast. The show will follow McDonald on a journey spanning from Antarctica to the Arctic.
Here’s the Lowdown: This new series sees Jane McDonald traveling across continents and oceans, showcasing stunning locations from the Antarctic to the Arctic Circle. Destinations include Antarctica, South Georgia, The Falklands, Uruguay, Brazil, Greece, Italy, Norway, and Svalbard. The show is a mix of high-end travel – six-star yachts, luxury trains, and exclusive hotels – and activities like helicopter rides and whale watching. McDonald even performs a song at the end of each episode.
What This Means Now: For fans of Jane McDonald, this represents a major new travel series on Channel 5. The show puts a different spin on the travel format, highlighting the extremes of travel. It’s also the inaugural series from JetSetTV, a new production company formed by experienced travel program makers.
The Bigger Picture: Jane McDonald: From Pole To Pole is an advertiser-funded program, made in partnership with Scenic Luxury Cruise and Tours. This funding model reflects a growing trend in television, where brands directly contribute to the creation of content that aligns with their products or services. The series presents luxury travel, showing amazing destinations.
