A hundred days, both ends of the earth, and a promise made to a late mentor drive this travel-documentary series built around Will Smith.
What is Pole To Pole With Will Smith about?
The series follows Will Smith as he sets out on a hundred-day journey stretching from one pole of the planet to the other, undertaking it in memory of a mentor he lost. Along the route he links up with scientists, explorers, and specialists working in some of the harshest environments on the planet, using each stop to look at what these regions actually demand of the people who study and survive in them. Rather than a single scripted arc, the show is built episode by episode around new terrain, new experts, and new physical challenges, giving it the loose, accumulating structure typical of long-form travel documentary rather than a conventional plotted story.
About the cast
Will Smith anchors the series as its host and central presence throughout the journey. The show is directed by Tom Williams, Tom Barbor-Might, and Dionne Bromfield, a production team credited jointly across the run.
Context & significance
A 2026 documentary and travel series produced jointly in the United States and the United Kingdom, with episodes running around 40 minutes each. The pole-to-pole framing gives the series a clear geographic spine, moving from one extreme environment to another rather than staying anchored to a single region, which lets each episode introduce a fresh setting and a fresh set of experts without losing the through-line of the larger journey.
Watching Pole To Pole With Will Smith on Ktime
The series streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a choice of either format. A free K-Time account login is all that is needed to start watching; the show's page can be browsed without signing in, and the wider catalogue sits behind the same Farsi-first interface built for the diaspora audience.