It's a tourist attraction which has lured tens of thousands of people to Huddersfield.

Now the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way is to be celebrated in a BBC documentary.

And in the first episode of ‘The Pennine Way’ arctic explorer Paul Rose will be trekking along the tops of the Holme, Colne and Calder valleys.

The four-part series begins on BBC1 on April 10 (7.30pm).

The show, presented by the polar adventurer and ocean diver Paul, charts the history of the 268-mile trail from Edale, in the Peak District, to Kirk Yetholm on the Scottish Borders.

In part one, Paul will be covering the path from Edale to the Calder Valley, passing Black Hill, at the top of Holme Valley; Wessenden Head, above Meltham; Pule Hill, Marsden; Buckstones and on towards Stoodley Pike, near Todmorden.

Paul tells the story of Tom Stephenson, the man who fought landowners and governments to win public access to the route, and talks to Stephenson’s friend Sylvia Franks his battle.

He said: “I’ve spent my life leading science expeditions to the most remote and challenging places on earth.

“I’ve skied across the Greenland Icecap, made first ascents of Arctic mountains and run an Antarctic Research Station.

“Yet right here on my doorstep is the Pennine Way – a world class challenge.

“Exploring the Pennine Way has been surprising, a privilege and huge amounts of fun.”

Explorer Paul Rose treks the Pennine Way for a BBC documentary of the same name