Billy Connolly turns Easy Rider and follows a lifelong dream as he makes the iconic 2488 mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica. With his unrivaled ability to tell a great story, he brings to life both the big and small moments of American history: the world changing events and comic asides. On his way, Billy will meet disciples of Route 66, from seasoned "roadies" to first-timers living the dream.
Billy Connolly's Route 66
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Billy Connolly turns Easy Rider and follows a lifelong dream as he makes the iconic 2488 mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica. With his unrivaled ability to tell a great story, he brings to life both the big and small moments of American history: the world changing events and comic asides. On his way, Billy will meet disciples of Route 66, from seasoned "roadies" to first-timers living the dream. And he won't just be passing through: anything could happen on the way ...
Episodes
Episode 1
Series 1, Episode 1 Unrated SD SD
The comedian fulfils a lifelong dream of travelling along the world's most famous highway on his motor-trike. Beginning in Chicago, he goes to the top of the Willis Tower, America's tallest building, before visiting the home of Abraham Lincoln in Illinois and meeting the state's champion pie-maker. Going off-route, Billy heads to Amish country, where he takes a horse-drawn buggy ride, and then talks to two women in St Louis whose homes were recently destroyed by a tornado.
Episode 2
Series 1, Episode 2 Unrated SD SD
The comedian begins this second leg of his journey in St Louis, Missouri, by climbing the Gateway Arch - which signifies the start of the American West. He visits a wolf sanctuary, takes in a Civil War re-enactment, tries his hand at hunting wild turkeys and makes himself comfortable in the world's largest rocking chair. His final stop is in Oklahoma City, where he visits a memorial to the 168 victims of the bombing of the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in 1995.
Episode 3
Series 1, Episode 3 Unrated SD SD
The comedian joins ranch hands on a cattle drive to Oklahoma City before heading into Texas, where he visits the ghost town of Glenrio and Devil's Rope Museum. In Los Alamos, New Mexico, he meets two men who helped create the atomic bomb and attends a rodeo in Arizona. Driving off-route, Billy ends the episode in Monument Valley, where he talks to a Navajo medicine man.
Episode 4
Series 1, Episode 4 Unrated SD SD
The comedian completes the last leg of his motor-trike journey along the world-famous Route 66. Billy visits a massive meteorite crater in Arizona, before heading to the Grand Canyon. He meets a campaigner trying to keep the historic route alive, and bottle-feeds a lion cub in a sanctuary for unwanted exotic pets. Finally he reflects on his 3,000-mile ride when he ends his travels in Santa Monica, California. Last in the series.
Cast and crew
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Networks
NBC UniversalNetworks
Audio
EnglishAudio
Released year
2011Released year
Genres
ComedyGenres
Duration
4 episodes (3 h 2 min)Duration
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