Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand(2004)
DocumentaryComedy
First Air Date: 2004-11-20
Average Runtime: 40m
Rating: 7.7
Votes: 3
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Billy Connolly is back with the fourth in his massively popular World Tour series. This time Billy journey's to the other side of the globe to New Zealand, a country he has been visiting since the 1970s and of which he is immensely fond. Billy's extraordinary journey covers the length and breadth of New Zealand and is mixed with the best of his comedy from sell-out shows around the country.Filmed in 2004 during the first leg of his Too Old To Die Young Tour this series is a stunning journey around New Zealand's two islands from the Southern-most tip to the far north where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific. Along the way Billy takes in Maori traditions, sand paintings, whale-watching, a 90 mile beach and much more to give us a fascinating insight into the spectacular scenery, culture and people of this amazing country.
Keywords
new zealand
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Stewart Island
Air Date: 2004-11-20
The popular Scottish comedian tours the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' with his stand-up show Too Old to Die Young, t...
E02
Queenstown
Air Date: 2004-11-27
The Scottish comedian travels to Queenstown, where he takes a nostalgic trip on a 92-year-old ferry before baring all...
E03
Christchurch
Air Date: 2004-12-04
The comedian marvels at the scenery as he trikes through Arthur's Pass, travelling on to Christchurch, where he plays...
E04
Wellington
Air Date: 2004-12-11
The comedian heads for the North Island of New Zealand on waters which witnessed a disastrous accident in 1968 involv...
E05
North Island
Air Date: 2004-12-18
The comedian wends his way by trike along the stunning Forgotten Highway from Wellington to Palmerston North, before ...
E06
Mount Tarawera
Air Date: 2004-12-25
The comedian climbs Mount Tarawera, one of a chain of volcanoes that erupted to devastating effect in 1886, annihilat...
E07
Auckland
Air Date: 2005-01-01
The comedian arrives in Auckland, where he spends time with a colony of penguins at an aquarium, learns about one of ...
E08
Russell
Air Date: 2005-01-08
The comedian takes a poignant trip to Russell, visiting the oldest church in New Zealand, where wife Pamela Stephenso...
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