BBC Two - Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip, Series 1, Episode 1 (original) (raw)

Episode 1

Three trailblazing women, Ruby Wax, Mel B and Emily Atack, retrace the famous footsteps of intrepid Victorian explorer Isabella Bird through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Three generations of trailblazing women - Ruby Wax, Melanie Brown and Emily Atack – come together to retrace the famous footsteps of intrepid Victorian explorer Isabella Bird. Travelling alone, Isabella crossed the lawless American Wild West, riding 800 miles on horseback through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She befriended outlaws, climbed mountains, and faced grizzly bears in what was a restrictive era for women in Britain.

Using her original 1873 book A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains as inspiration for their own adventure, Ruby, Mel and Emily want to pay homage to this forgotten pioneer. They explore the people, places and curious customs of an ever-changing America, while reflecting on the changes in western society over the last 150 years and their own experiences of womanhood.

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Music Played

Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings

This Land Is Your Land

Rheault M Fox Hill M

Delta Dobro

Ennio Morricone

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Main Title/Ecstasy of Gold
Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

Steppenwolf

Born To Be Wild

Pop Levi

Strawberry Shake

Carl Palmer

Fanfare and Drum Solo

Blondie

One Way Or Another

Deer Lick Holler Boys

Duelling Banjos

Whitney Houston

How Will I Know (Single Version)

Janelle Monae, Roman Gianarthur

Tightrope

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

Going Up The Country

Lucinda Williams

Can't Let Go

Woody Guthrie

This Land Is Your Land

The Rolling Stones

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Credits

Role	Contributor
Presenter	Emily Atack
Presenter	Melanie Brown
Presenter	Ruby Wax
Expert	Ian Peterson
Director	Caroline O'Shaughnessy
Production Manager	Julia Swabey
Series Producer	Jill Worsley
Executive Producer	Lisa Edwards
Executive Producer	Sebastian Grant
Production Company	Studio Ramsay