The Owens returned to our screens for a new 7 x 60' series on Tuesday October 5th with an opening audience of over 2 million on the night (11% share) and consolidated figures of close to 3m over the course of the ensuing week. The overnight audience increased to over 2.2m in its second week, with consolidated figures set to once again increase to over 3m. The series launched with a special lockdown episode filmed entirely by the Owen family.
Levison Wood - Walking The Nile 10th Anniversary Edition
Following negotiations with Wolfsong, Simon & Schuster UK will publish a tenth anniversary edition of Walking the Nile by bestselling author and photographer Levison Wood on 19th December 2024. Upon its original publication, Walking the Nile swiftly became a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller peaking at number 6, with the accompanying TV series airing on Channel 4 with around 2.8 million viewers tuning in for the opening episode. It went on to become the channel’s highest rating factual series of 2015 and subsequently aired in over one hundred territories globally, including on Animal Planet in the US, where the book was published by Grove Atlantic. The anniversary edition will include a brand-new introduction written by the author, in which he looks back on the events of the expedition, the impact it has had on his career and how life along the 4,250 mile route has changed over the past decade.