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1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 min. 8 sec.) ; 358585673 bytes |
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British actor, writer, presenter and author, Stephen Fry, was very nearly an American. In the 50s, just before Stephen was born, his father was offered a job at Princeton University, but chose to turn it down. And so, Stephen was born in NW3 rather than in NJ, New Jersey, and born a Stephen, not a Steve. In this six-part series Stephen travels, mostly in a London cab (hired in the US), through all 50 states of the country that he could have nearly called home and which has always fascinated him. Along the way, he visits each state, hearing its song, visiting its landmarks and distinctive sites, looking at its unique and quaint laws, talking to its citizens and discovering the true natures of the 50 individual parts that make up the whole.He takes in the small town life of Independence Day parades, PTA meetings, Summer Camp and cherry-pie bake-offs, the local elections, pageants and swap-meets. From Minnesota in winter to Death Valley, the Badlands, bayous, boondocks and southern plantation houses, Stephen learns that each state contains something marvellous and particular to its people, landscape and urban environments.In this first episode, Stephen explores the states that make up New England, before heading south to the nation's capital and ending up at the civil war battlefield of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania.As he takes to the road, driving through the autumn colours to uncover what really makes America tick, he meets Presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire, witches in Salem, nuclear submariners in Connecticut, deer hunters and small time mobsters in New York City, a Rhode Island socialite, a lobster fisherman in Maine, ice cream blenders in Vermont and car washers in New Jersey.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Written and Presented by Stephen Fry. Series Producer: John Paul Davidson; Executive Producer: Andre Singer |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-12-06 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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American lobster fisheries.
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Automobile travel.
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Harvard University.
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National characteristics, American.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Davidson, John-Paul, director
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Fry, Stephen, host
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