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New World
First of a six-part series in which Stephen Fry journeys across America and meets all manner of colourful characters along the way. He travels, mostly in a London cab, through all 50 states of the country that he could have nearly called home and which has always fascinated him. In the first episode, he 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. Presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire, witches in Salem, nuclear submariners in Connecticut, deer hunters, small time mobsters in NYC, socialites in Rhode Island, lobster fishermen in Maine, ice cream blenders in Vermont and card washers in New Jersey – Stephen meets them all as he takes the road through the autumn colours to uncover what really makes America tick., British comedian Stephen Fry begins his journey through all 50 states in New England, where he meets presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire, socialites in Rhode Island and lobstermen in Maine. He then visits Washington, D.C., and Gettysburg, Pa., Stephen Fry is your genial guide as this six-part journey across the USA begins. Here, Stephen explores New England, visits the US capital and ends up in Gettysburg.
