In 1929, a young Belgian cartoonist, Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, created a character called Tintin, who has become one of the most popular comic strip figures in the world.

The twenty three Tintin adventure books have been translated into eighty different languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. In this fascinating and revealing program cameras were given an unprecedented look inside creator Hergé's archives of his world famous cartoon hero Tintin and his timeless cast of characters.