Episode 1 Bigness
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones journeys across Canada. In this episode, Griff explores Newfoundland and Labrador in the East and uncovers what makes Canada distinctly unique and decidedly 'big'.
From the soaring Rockies to the immense plains, waterways and islands, Canada and the Canadians are the envy of the world. They are unique with a history that traces back thousands of years.
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Griff Rhys JonesBritish comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones journeys across Canada. In this episode, Griff explores Newfoundland and Labrador in the East and uncovers what makes Canada distinctly unique and decidedly 'big'.
From Montreal to Quebec City, Griff explores how 'French' Canada really is, and how diversity has helped shape la belle province and the multicultural Canada of today. From bagels to poutine, beavers and ice-hockey.
Beginning his journey at Niagara Falls, right on the U.S border, Griff's in a bid to uncover how Canadians differ from their Southern neighbours, and what it is that makes them so nice.
Griff explores the Frozen Wilds of Manitoba, North Canada, and visits a town that sometimes has more polar bears than people.
Griff explores the prairies and vast sprawling plains of both Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces and discovers they reveal riches from fossils to farmland.
Griff finishes his journey across Canada in the popular, lifestyle province of British Columbia in the Pacific Northwest and discovers what makes people so happy. (Final)
From the soaring Rockies to the immense plains, waterways and islands, Canada and the Canadians are the envy of the world. They are unique with a history that traces back thousands of years.