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Three trailblazing women, Ruby Wax, Mel B and Emily Atack, retrace the famous footsteps of intrepid Victorian explorer Isabella Bird through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

Three generations of trailblazing women - Ruby Wax, Melanie Brown and Emily Atack 鈥� come together to retrace the famous footsteps of intrepid Victorian explorer Isabella Bird. Travelling alone, Isabella crossed the lawless American Wild West, riding 800 miles on horseback through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She befriended outlaws, climbed mountains, and faced grizzly bears in what was a restrictive era for women in Britain.

Using her original 1873 book A Lady鈥檚 Life in the Rocky Mountains as inspiration for their own adventure, Ruby, Mel and Emily want to pay homage to this forgotten pioneer. They explore the people, places and curious customs of an ever-changing America, while reflecting on the changes in western society over the last 150 years and their own experiences of womanhood.

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Fri 16 Dec 2022 01:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Sharon Jones and the Dap鈥怟ings

    This Land Is Your Land

  • 00:04

    Rheault M Fox Hill M

    Delta Dobro

  • 00:07

    Ennio Morricone

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Main Title/Ecstasy of Gold

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • 00:08

    Steppenwolf

    Born To Be Wild

  • 00:11

    Pop Levi

    Strawberry Shake

  • 00:11

    Carl Palmer

    Fanfare and Drum Solo

  • 00:11

    Blondie

    One Way Or Another

  • 00:18

    Deer Lick Holler Boys

    Duelling Banjos

  • 00:20

    Whitney Houston

    How Will I Know (Single Version)

  • 00:27

    Janelle Monae, Roman Gianarthur

    Tightrope

  • 00:32

    Sia

    Unstoppable

  • 00:36

    Kitty, Daisy & Lewis

    Going Up The Country

  • 00:40

    Lucinda Williams

    Can't Let Go

  • 00:44

    Woody Guthrie

    This Land Is Your Land

  • 00:49

    The Rolling Stones

    You Can't Catch Me

Credits

Presenter Emily Atack
Presenter Melanie Brown
Presenter Ruby Wax
Expert Ian Peterson
Director Caroline O'Shaughnessy
Production Manager Julia Swabey
Series Producer Jill Worsley
Executive Producer Lisa Edwards
Executive Producer Sebastian Grant
Production Company Studio Ramsay

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