World's Most Dangerous Roads

The Siberia episode was very interesting because of the history and scenery, but the drivers were particularly inept. Or they got stuck on purpose to add more drama. The Alaska, Nepal and Peru episodes were better with challenging sections of road and conditions. I really enjoyed the photography, information on culture and history. The driver teams were occasionally quite funny.

Follow up: As I watch more episodes I find myself cringing at some of the comments by the drivers. They are sometimes dismissive and occasionally sarcastic about the people and culture. They sound shallow and uninformed.

Second follow up. Subsequent episodes (Madagascar and Bolivia) redeem the series.

The idea behind this series sounded good - having adventures on perilous roads around the world. The actual execution of this production, however, left a lot to be desired.

Production methods were used to exaggerate the "danger" of the terrain. As an example, I noticed many instances of close shots repeatedly inserted that showed the wheels of the vehicle rolling perilously close to the edge of a great precipice. And then the wider shots showed they were nowhere near the edge of the road.

The celebrity personalities chosen for these drives seemed to have little to no experience in off-road driving, and often seemed challenged to be able to handle relatively minor obstacles. Their banter was all too often childish and gave the impression of not being very intelligent. I found myself using the fast forward button to skip past most of the scenes where these people were jabbering inside the cars. I really had hoped that more of the scenery and history of the locales would have been covered, instead of being subjected to this banal tripe.

There were some instances where the drivers were clearly not worthy of these drives, and should have never been allowed behind the wheel. The worst example of this was when Sue Perkins lost her nerve in the middle of a total whiteout blizzard and stopped her vehicle diagonally across the road on a curve where heavy truck traffic would not be able to see it in time to avoid a very nasty collision. When Charley Boorman scrambled to take the wheel and get them out of the predicament, Sue further endangered things by chasing after her "lucky hat" when a gust of wind blew it away as she climbed back into the car.

It's too bad that all the effort in producing this series resulted in something that I would rather forget.

Whilst the premise seems interesting, driving in various places on dangerous roads in a travel programme format, the reality is not at all interesting.. Rather than focussing on the regions they are in, there is just countless in car footage. The two 'celebs' seem to put on forced conversations, like, ohh, good driving, whilst clearly thinking that bumping along in a car is no way to spend any time. The lack of chemistry between the couples, makes them seem like two people who really have never met, don't get on and are forced to be polite stuck in a car. I watched a few episodes to give it a chance but soon realised even if nothing better was on the television, I would be better just turning it off.

I like the programme but I wonder how much safety wise the roads are checked before the celebrities drive them I mean it would only take one error for them to fall over the side or a part of the cliff to give way do the celebrities have to sign something to say they are doing it knowing the dangers apart from all that the programme shows you places you are unlikely to see I am watching the Hugh bonneville programme I doubt the way the world is today they wouldn't be allowed in the country I would love the type of car they drive I think you would feel safer in one of those rather than my skoda citigo.

A little over dramatic. but truly enjoyable.

the culture you get to see is nice.