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All Episodes of Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia

Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia is the second in a line of ‘world tours’ that follow comedian Billy Connolly on his various travels across...
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Season 1

  • Sydney
    8.3/107 votes

    Sydney

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/1996

    A personal account of Billy's four-month trip Down Under, combining documentary footage with performances from his sell-out shows. The first programme sees him climbing to the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge and paying a fleeting visit to the home of one of the country's most popular artists - and it isn't Rolf Harris

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • La Perouse
    8.6/105 votes

    La Perouse

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/4/1996

    Billy continues his Antipodean adventure, visiting La Perouse and the capital Canberra, where he finds a city seemingly populated entirely by politicians and civil servants, before travelling to Sydney for a breathtaking climb up the famous Opera House's sails.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Newcastle
    8.0/105 votes

    Newcastle

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/1996

    The comedian continues his Antipodean odyssey in New South Wales, beach-fishing for salmon on the coast of industrial city Newcastle, where he also performs to an appreciative audience. He also visits the Sydney studio of late artist Brett Whiteley and the grave of world champion boxer Les Darcy

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Melbourne
    8.2/105 votes

    Melbourne

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/18/1996

    Billy admires the sights and sounds of Melbourne, visiting the famous jail at in which Australia's own Robin Hood, Ned Kelly, was executed, and exploring an unusual sanctuary designed by sculptor William Ricketts, where Aboriginal and Western cultures merge

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Perth and Adelaide
    8.0/105 votes

    Perth and Adelaide

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/25/1996

    Billy's Antipodean odyssey continues as he takes in Perth and visits Adelaide, where he enjoys an invigorating dip in the ocean with dolphins, samples a local delicacy known as a floater - a pie swimming in pea soup - and is overjoyed by a surprise visit from members of his family on his 53rd birthday

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Brisbane
    7.8/106 votes

    Brisbane

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/2/1996

    Billy visits Brisbane, travels to the world's largest sand island where he swims in picturesque Lake McKenzie, and fulfils a lifetime's ambition to loop the loop. After witnessing a Queensland tradition, the comic believes he has found the answer to homeowners' prayers

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • The Outback
    8.2/105 votes

    The Outback

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/1996

    Billy treks into the Outback to visit the opal mining town of Coober Pedy, where he discovers ingenious locals have found relief from the heat by building their homes underground. Later, he visits Alice Springs and samples unusual foods such as dried kangaroo scrotum

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Darwin
    8.5/106 votes

    Darwin

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/1996

    The comedian reaches his final destination, Darwin, where he arms himself with bait in a bid to lure hungry crocodiles inhabiting the Adelaide River. Later, he joins Tiwi Aborigines on a boat trip to Bathurst Island and taste-tests such local delicacies as mud crabs, mangrove worms and barbecued frill-necked lizards, then braves a storm to go fishing for barramundi

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown