The Tree of Life

When Carol Drinkwater, the new owner of a run-down olive farm in Provence, heard about a 6000-year-old olive tree that was rumoured to be in Lebanon she knew she had to find it.

The Olive Route and The Olive Tree were the results of her search, and she is now working with UNESCO on a film series following an Olive Heritage Trail around the Mediterranean. Carol makes the case for the humble olive sparking European civilisation.