World's Most Dangerous Roads: Alaska


08:10 am - 09:00 am, Thursday, January 22 on U&Dave ja vu (74)

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Alaska

Celebrities undertake journeys on some of the most perilous routes in the world. In Alaska, Sue Perkins and Charley Boorman drive along the notorious Dalton Highway, a dirt track originally constructed in the 1970s as a supply road for the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. The pair struggle to cope with the Arctic conditions and constant threat of avalanches, but receive help from experienced truckers who teach them some unwritten rules for surviving the road's many hazards


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Cast & Crew

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Sue Perkins (Presenter)
Charley Boorman (Presenter)
Ewen Thomson (Director)
Sue Davidson (Executive producer)

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Sue Perkins (Presenter)
Born: September 22, 1969 in London
Best Known For: Her screen partnership with Mel Giedroyc.
Early-life: Susan Elizabeth Perkins was born on September 22, 1969, in East Dulwich, London, and was raised in Croydon. She showed a natural talent for performing and writing from an early age and later studied English at New Hall, Cambridge. There, in 1988, she got onto a stage for her first stand-up routine. She was interrupted by a girl called Mel Giedroyc, marking the start of a partnership that continues to this day.
Career: Perkins became president of the Cambridge Footlights in 1990, and in 1993 was shortlisted (with Giedroyc) for the Best Newcomer Award at Edinburgh. After writing for French & Saunders they hosted Channel 4's Light Lunch, and a teatime version, Late Lunch, as well as breakfast show RI:SE. Solo, Perkins appeared in Celebrity Big Brother in 2002. In 2005, she premiered her first one-woman show at the Edinburgh Fringe, which then toured the country. The Supersizers concept launched in 2007, and proved popular with viewers. She also won reality show Maestro, has made numerous appearances on panel quiz shows and was reunited with Mel for the hugely successful Great British Bake Off. Her sitcom Heading Out premiered in early 2013.
Quote: "I'm a 21-year-old blonde with breasts like space hoppers. My hobbies include wearing a pork-pie hat, plasticising autopsied cadavers and fantasising that I'm Gunther von Hagens. Honestly."
Charley Boorman (Presenter)
Born: August 23, 1966 in London
Best Known For: His epic journeys with best pal Ewan McGregor.
Early-life: Born August 23, 1966, in Wimbledon, London, but spent much of his formative years in County Wicklow, Ireland. He is the son of costume designer Christel Kruse and film director John Boorman. He got an early start in the film business as a child actor, appearing in films directed by his father. As an adult, his films include The Serpent's Kiss (1997) on which he met Ewan McGregor, with whom he instantly bonded over a shared love of motorcycles. Prior to that he had worked as a painter and decorator to make ends meet.
Career: Boorman's acting career also includes Excalibur and Hope and Glory (which also featured his older sister Katrine), The Emerald Forest and The Bunker. He took part in Long Way Round, an international motorcycle trip from London to New York via Europe and Asia with Ewan McGregor in 2004. This was recorded, then turned into a TV series, book and DVD. The series was shown around the world and the DVD and book became best sellers. Since then he has been a regular traveller and adventurer, including Race to Dakar and By Any Means. Boorman has also toured the UK with an 'evening with' style show and successfully battled testicular cancer.
Quote: "In the Western world we fall apart if somebody breaks a leg, but I don't understand what all the fuss is about. In Third World countries they don't have the luxury of being able to wallow in self-pity. They see death every day and just get on with surviving."
Trivia: Boorman's a supporter of Movember, UNICEF and Help for Heroes.
Ewen Thomson (Director)
Sue Davidson (Executive producer)