Having first disembarked upon Britain's windswept shores in 1973 Iowa-born writer Bill Bryson spent the best part of two decades living among the inhabitants of our small often charming and occasionally exasperating island. In 1998 inspired by his best-selling book Notes from a Small Island Bill returned to his adopted country for a humorous and affectionate television safari – conducted over six episodes. This series saw him journeying from Dover to John O'Groats while trying to explain what it was that first attracted him to this land of rain ... sweet tea and disagreeable landladies. Between hailing a London cab driven by Stephen Fry analysing Scouse humour with Alexei Sayle and conversing with Victoria Wood in a Bournemouth beach hut Bill puts it all into perspective – taking in blue plaques ballroom dancers fell runners cable tossers and churches called St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe along the way... [show more]
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All six episodes of the travel series presented by American writer Bill Bryson. Based on his successful book 'Notes from a Small Island', the series follows Bill as he travels from Dover to John O'Groats while musing on the eccentricities of British life. Along the way, he meets up with British comedians Stephen Fry, Alexei Sayle and Victoria Wood, who all contribute their own thoughts and perspectives on the attractions of their native country.
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