 Wood was the subject of an episode of "The South Bank Show" in March 2007, and is the only woman to be the subject of two "South Bank" programmes (the previous occasion was in September 1996).Wood appeared in a three-part travel documentary on BBC One called "Victoria's Empire", in which she travelled around the world in search of the history, cultural impact and customs the British Empire placed on the parts of the world it ruled.She departed Victoria Station, London, for Calcutta, Hong Kong and Borneo in the first programme.