Season 1
4 episodes
47 min. per episode
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A comedic legend battles nature's extremes, discovering hidden treasures and profound truths along a breathtaking, unpredictable journey.
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Billy Connolly begins his trek through the Northwest Passage.
Billy flies to Baffin Island for the next leg of his journey. The changes in Inuit life leave him feeling sad after a visit to a museum in Iqaluit. An appearance on a television cooking show allows him to taste caribou. An accordion player impresses him in Pangnirtung. A boat trip to Auyuittuq National Park takes him to the Arctic Circle marker. The sights and sounds of the Turner Glacier leave him almost speechless. A seamstress measures him up for a seal skin suit in Iglooik. Waiting for it be finished gives him time to experience Inuit throat singing for the first time. An elder takes him to see the grave of Alexander Elder. A group of teenagers demonstrate their high kicking and mouth pulling skills. A final stop before the Northwest Passage sees him go out seal hunting with a family from Pond Inlet.
Billy finds the remains of a crashed Lancaster bomber when he visits the weather station on Resolute Island. Boarding a Russian cruise ship starts his journey across the Northwest Passage. A stop off at Beechey Island takes him to three graves from Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition. His fellow passengers get excited when a polar bear is spotted on a nearby island. An ice blockage forces the ship to find an alternative route. Another stop off at King William Island reveals how Franklin's expedition came to a rather gruesome end. He talks about how Roald Admundsen's later and more successful expedition did things much differently whilst in Gjoa Haven. A flight to Tuktoyaktuk sees him explore a huge underground freezer. Hitching a lift with an ice road trucker at Invuik sends him down the Dempsey Highway. A quick pit stop in McPherson takes him to the graves of four unfortunate Mounties. A helicopter flies him to the astonishing beauty that is the Tombstone Territorial Park. His hotel in the old Gold Rush town of Dawson City turns out to be a former brothel. A trip to where gold was first found in the area sees him pay a visit to a man who still works in the industry.
Billy stakes his claim with a group of gold prospectors in White Pass. A float plane takes him to the Ice Lakes where he joins a couple who are hunting for moose. Meeting a 76-year old woman who runs a guest ranch in Telegraph Creek change his life forever. An invitation to a sweat ranch in New Aiyansh pushes his body to its limits. A bear makes an appearance for a very grateful tourist on the Mitchell River. A group of loggers teach him out to cut down huge trees in Horsefly. His inner cowboy is giving an airing when he helps out on a cattle ranch. One final stop in Friendly Cove brings his long journey to a rather fitting end.
Comedian, actor and musician Billy Connolly braves the elements in this adventurous journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific, via the legendary Northwest Passage.