Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand — Season 1, Episode 3: Christchurch
Documentary, Comedy • 40 min • 1 season, 8 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
The comedian marvels at the scenery as he trikes through Arthur's Pass, travelling on to Christchurch, where he plays to his largest audience in New Zealand - 14,000 in two nights. En route to Nelson, Billy pauses to recount the story of how a Maori woman rescued all but one from the ill-fated ship Delaware. He continues on to the Museum of Wearable Art, which houses a collection of unusual garments, but his enthusiasm knows no bounds when he spots a couple of sperm whales during a trip out to sea from Kaikoura.
About Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand
Billy Connolly is back with the fourth in his massively popular World Tour series. This time Billy journey's to the other side of the globe to New Zealand, a country he has been visiting since the 1970s and of which he is immensely fond. Billy's extraordinary journey covers the length and breadth of New Zealand and is mixed with the best of his comedy from sell-out shows around the country.Filmed in 2004 during the first leg of his Too Old To Die Young Tour this series is a stunning journey around New Zealand's two islands from the Southern-most tip to the far north where the Tasman Sea meets the Pacific. Along the way Billy takes in Maori traditions, sand paintings, whale-watching, a 90 mile beach and much more to give us a fascinating insight into the spectacular scenery, culture and people of this amazing country.