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Billy 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.

Comedian and motorbike enthusiast Billy Connolly drives the iconic Route 66 in the USA.

Primary Title
  • Billy Connolly's Route 66
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 22 December 2016
Start Time
  • 03 : 00
Finish Time
  • 04 : 00
Duration
  • 60:00
Episode
  • 3
Channel
  • Choice TV
Broadcaster
  • Top TV Limited
Programme Description
  • Comedian and motorbike enthusiast Billy Connolly drives the iconic Route 66 in the USA.
Episode Description
  • Billy 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.
Classification
  • PGR
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Documentary television programs--United Kingdom
  • United States Highway 66
Genres
  • Documentary
  • Travel
Hosts
  • Billy Connolly (Presenter)
Subjects
  • Documentary television programs--United Kingdom
  • United States Highway 66