World's Most Dangerous Roads - Episode Guide

Season 1

Alaska

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 4, 2011 (60 min)

Alaska

Comedian Sue Perkins and adventurer Charley Boorman travel across Alaska to the notorious Dalton Highway, where avalanche units operate throughout the year.

Nepal

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 11, 2011 (60 min)

Nepal

Comedians Rhod Gilbert and Greg Davies attempt to drive through the mountainous, landlocked nation of Nepal, starting from the chaotic border with India.

Peru

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 18, 2011 (60 min)

Peru

Adventurer Ben Fogle and comedian Hugh Dennis drive a historic route from the Peruvian Andes to the depths of the Amazon. They hope to find the lost city of Constitucion.

Season 2

Siberia

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2012 (60 min)

Siberia

Good friends and fellow comedians Ed Byrne and Andy Parsons brave temperatures as low as minus 50 to drive across Siberia's infamous Road of Bones.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2012 (60 min)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck drive the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of dangerous roads hacked through the mountains and jungles of Laos and Vietnam.

Ethiopia

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Jul 22, 2012 (60 min)

Ethiopia

Hugh Dennis and David Baddiel drive over 2,000km of Ethiopia's bone-shaking roads in a quest to reach Aksum, known as the home of the Ark of the Covenant.

Season 3

Madagascar

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Dec 27, 2012 (60 min)

Madagascar

Angus Deayton and Mariella Frostrup drive through Madagascar during the tail end of rainy season. This route is mired with mud and dotted with perilous river crossings.

Georgia

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Dec 28, 2012 (60 min)

Georgia

Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes pair up for a road trip through the former Soviet state of Georgia. Jessica's spirit of adventure causes Hugh a few anxious moments.

Bolivia

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2013 (60 min)

Bolivia

Phill Jupitus and Marcus Brigstocke head to Bolivia for a high-altitude road trip taking in the so-called Road of Death before findng themselves deep in bandit country.

Season 4

Albania

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (60 min)

Albania

Actor Will Mellor cajoles one of his best mates - comedian Keith Lemon - to join him on a high-octane road trip in Albania.

Turkey

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (45 min)

Turkey

Another wild adventure from the hit series - this time sees long-term mates Joe Wilkinson and Zoe Lyons, who've travelled to gigs together for years, take on the wilds of eastern Turkey.

Lesotho

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (44 min)

Lesotho

Certified 'indoorsman' Phil Wang convinces best friend Pierre Novellie - also not much better at outdoor stuff - to join him in Africa's Kingdom in the Sky.

Australia

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (44 min)

Australia

Another thrilling escapade in the wild - this time sees actor Stephen Mangan and comedian Lara Ricote, who have never met before, aim to reach the northernmost point of Australia.

Iceland

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (45 min)

Iceland

Ed Gamble and Lou Sanders have been friends for years, so much so that she's bought a 'his 'n' hers' set of driving gloves to tackle their most dangerous road - 1000 kilometres of Iceland. 

Romania

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (44 min)

Romania

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell and Saoirse-Monica Jackson, who are best friends and stars of the hit sitcom Derry Girls, are heading way out of their comfort zone as they tackle rugged Romania.

 

South Africa

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (44 min)

South Africa

Darren Harriott is a former bouncer and self-confessed city boy, while Ria Lina is full of adventurous spirit with a PhD and autism. How will they fare travelling in South Africa?

Morocco

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Feb 12, 2023 (43 min)

Morocco

Comedians Maisie Adam and Suzi Ruffell wouldn't call themselves road aficionados - it took 10 goes to pass their driving tests between them - but they're tackling Morocco anyway..

Season 5

Italy

Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Italy

Rhod Gilbert and friend and fellow comedian Angela Barnes cross Italy's most treacherous Alpine roads in Rhod's first adventure since being treated for cancer.

Guatemala

Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Guatemala

Joe Swash and Seann Walsh are no strangers to jungles after appearing on I'm A Celebrity..., but neither of them has sought an ancient Mayan temple in Guatemala before.

Sri Lanka

Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (43 min)

Sri Lanka

Former Soccer Saturday buddies Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara reunite for an epic journey across Sri Lanka where they reaffirm their friendship along the way.

Namibia

Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Namibia

Mike Wozniak and Ola Labib head to one of the wildest places on Earth - the Namib desert - to meet for the first time and have each other for company on their journey.

Slovenia

Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Slovenia

David Harewood and best friend Fraser James swap the sets of Hollywood for a new challenge in Slovenia where they face some of the most dangerous roads in Europe.

Colorado

Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Colorado

Jess Fostekew and her good friend and fellow comedian Desiree Burch take on an utterly insane trip across Colorado's Rocky Mountains in a Wild West adventure.

Bhutan

Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Bhutan

Jamali Maddix and Larry Dean experience the Land of the Thunder Dragon, a place of mystery and wonder in the rarely-visited and remote kingdom of Bhutan.

Bulgaria

Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Feb 18, 2024 (44 min)

Bulgaria

Olga Koch and Thaniya Moore - who are friends from the comedy circuit - head to Bulgaria for a high-octane adventure that takes them across two epic mountain ranges.

Season 6

Montenegro

Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2024 (60 min)

Montenegro

Old friends and fellow comedians Johnny Vegas and Lucy Beaumont undertake a hair-raising journey through the wildest roads Montenegro has to offer.

Things get off to a rocky start when it transpires that Lucy can't actually drive… and they go further downhill when our heroes hit their first off-road section and Lucy starts frantically searching for something to be sick in.

Much to Johnny's mounting disbelief, it turns out she suffers from chronic travel sickness. Shortly afterwards, smoke starts rising from beneath the bonnet and the car grinds to a complete halt. Halfway into their first day, and already the trip of a lifetime is turning into the holiday from hell!

Over the next three days, along with the terrifying roads and perilous drops, there are cultural exchanges with baffled locals, dubious history lessons from Lucy that may - or may not - have some basis in reality, personal revelations, plenty of laughs, and some of the most stunning scenery either of them have ever seen.

Zambia

Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Nov 3, 2024 (60 min)

Zambia

Comedians Babatunde Aleshe and Kae Kurd go on an unforgettable journey through the Lower Zambezi Valley, a place where the local wildlife is almost as terrifying as the roads.

Season 7

Kyrgyzstan

Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2025

Kyrgyzstan

The little-known former Soviet Bloc country is a place of remote steppes and mammoth mountain ranges, which can only be crossed via perilously narrow rocky tracks. Starting from the capital, Bishkek, it doesn't take long for the road to head steeply upwards – but it's soon clear the biggest threat comes from the homicidal overtaking manoeuvres of the local drivers, who display a cavalier disregard for blind bends and oncoming lorries. While Jake squirms in the passenger seat, Jack decides to join in the fun, only adding to Jake's terror.

Over the coming days, Jack and Jake face multiple obstacles, from horrifyingly narrow roads with only a sheer drop for company, to muddy tracks rendered almost undriveable by rainstorms. But for Jake in particular, the driving is only half the challenge. For a man who lives life to a strict routine, being starved of home comforts (including the morning shower he hasn't missed for 20 years) is a real ordeal. And things hit rock bottom when he's struck down by a mystery illness that threatens to cut short their entire trip.

Java

Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2025

Java

For Alex, who missed out on the backpacking escapades his friends enjoyed in their twenties, it's a chance to make up for lost time, while for self-confessed ‘pathetic driver' Ellie it's a chance to stretch herself with a brand new challenge.

Taking the wheel on the first morning, a confident Alex sets out from the town of Bandung – but by the end of the day, a combination of steep mountain tracks and horn-honking locals have left his nerves in shreds. He won't drive again for nearly two days.

As their quest gathers pace, our intrepid duo brave terrifying roads, perilous river crossings, and high-altitude plateaus where sulphurous springs spew forth noxious fumes that leave them gagging. But it's the climax of their adventure that packs the biggest punch. Alex and Ellie's final challenge sees them tackle the ascent of Indonesia's most active volcano, Mount Merapi – a dangerous undertaking, with a truly terrifying sting in the tail.

Rhod Gilbert's Extra Mile

Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Mar 30, 2025

Rhod Gilbert's Extra Mile

As a veteran of not one but two terrifying journeys along the World's Most Dangerous Roads, Rhod Gilbert is the perfect host for this white-knuckle joyride through some of the highlights from the past two series. But it's not just a road trip down a very bumpy memory lane: Rhod also introduces plenty of previously unseen footage, deleted scenes and hilarious out-takes rescued from the cutting room floor.

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