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Dangerous Roads

From the Andes to the Himalayas, humans have built roads in some of the most unlikely, inhospitable and dangerous places on Earth. Six celebrities find out what it's like to travel on them.
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  1. S1 E1 - Alaska
    September 4, 2011
    59min
    TV-14
    Comedian Sue Perkins and adventurer Charley Boorman travel across Alaska to the notorious Dalton Highway - a dirt track built in the 1970s as a supply road to support the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. As Arctic conditions close in on them, the pair have to rely on the help of hardcore truckers for whom the highway is home.
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  2. S1 E2 - Nepal
    September 11, 2011
    59min
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    Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Greg Davies attempt to drive through the mountainous, landlocked nation of Nepal. Starting from the chaotic border with India, they travel across the country's most important roads, from highways that maintain its cities to freshly-dug dirt tracks that connect to isolated communities.
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  3. S1 E3 - Peru
    September 18, 2011
    59min
    TV-14
    Adventurer Ben Fogle and comedian Hugh Dennis drive a historic route from the Peruvian Andes to the depths of the Amazon, along roads built to conquer and exploit the natural wealth of Peru's rainforest. It's a rollercoaster ride of 2,000 foot drops and hairpin bends on one-lane dirt roads. At the end of this epic journey they hope to find the lost city of Constitucion.
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Directors
Leo BurleyEwen Thomson
Producers
Sue Davidson
Starring
Rhod GilbertCharley BoormanGreg Davies
Studio
BBC Studios
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