Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World

Episode 1

Nova Scotia

46 mins

Billy heads to the Canadian Museum of Immigration after docking in at Halifax. A trip to the Titanic graveyard suggests that some tourists believe that Jack Dawson really existed. A foggy fishing trip shows just how little cod there is left to be fished. The people of Fredericton meet a real Scotsman at the New Brunswick Highland Games Festival. A familiar face is found lurking in a scarecrow village in Cape Breton. A motorbike ride along the Cabot Trail takes him to Pleasant Bay. A flight transports him to the most easterly point of North America in Newfoundland. A ceremony to welcome the newcomer sees him kiss a cod substitute in St. John's. The legendary generosity of the people of Gander is quickly proved beyond doubt. A salmon fishing trip delivers nothing but laughter. A drizzly day in St. Anthony reveals how out of work fisherman are embracing their heritage in order to survive. Another short flight takes him to an iceberg trapped in the bay. Heading to Quirpon Lighthouse for the night sees him pass through a popular whale spotting area..