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Episode 2

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Dan Snow and his team continue down the Grand Canyon in antique wooden boats as they rediscover one of the Wild West's great adventures.

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Thu 17 Sep 2026 02:35
BBC Four

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Music Played

  • Kasabian

    Club Foot

  • Kasabian

    Club Foot

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Crazy Horse Blues

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Lost In The Desert

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Setting Off

  • AC/DC

    Highway To Hell

  • Hard‐Fi

    Fire In The House

  • Jimi Hendrix

    Voodoo Child

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Alone In The Canyon

  • Florence + the Machine

    Howl

  • Phillip Henry & Sam Willis

    Asleep By The Fire

  • Massive Attack

    Angel (feat. Horace Andy)

  • Elbow

    Some Riot

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Drifting Along

  • Spiritualized

    Electricity

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Heading Into Danger

  • Passenger

    Let Her Go

  • God Is an Astronaut

    Suicide By Star

  • Florence + the Machine

    You Got The Love (Solitaire)

  • Florence + the Machine

    Dog Days Are Over

  • Imagine Dragons

    Radioactive

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Rolling Clouds

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    The Indians Are Coming

  • Kasabian

    Re-Wired

  • Alison Krauss & Union Station

    Choctaw Hayride

  • Faithless

    Reverence

  • Muse

    Hysteria

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    The Happy Rambler

  • Imagine Dragons

    Radioactive Inst

  • Faithless

    Reverence

  • Muse

    Hysteria

  • Elbow

    Starlings

  • Phillip Henry & The Sam Willis Band

    Keep Your Lamps

  • Passenger

    Let Her Go

Credits

Presenter Dan Snow
Producer Ben Duncan
Director Ben Duncan
Producer Martin Johnson
Director Martin Johnson

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Jan 2014 21:10
    BBC Two
  • Tue 21 Jan 2014 23:20
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland
  • Wed 22 Jan 2014 00:20
    BBC Two Northern Ireland
  • Wed 22 Jan 2014 23:20
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Wed 19 Feb 2014 02:00
    BBC Two
  • Mon 29 Dec 2014 19:30
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Tue 21 Nov 2017 21:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 22 Nov 2017 02:00
    BBC Four
  • Sun 15 Jul 2018 13:55
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Mon 12 Aug 2019 20:00
    BBC Four
  • Wed 10 Jun 2020 09:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 9 Jan 2021 08:10
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 2 Dec 2023 19:10
    BBC Four
  • Sun 3 Dec 2023 01:45
    BBC Four
  • Sat 13 Apr 2024 10:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Wed 16 Sep 2026 20:00
    BBC Four
  • Thu 17 Sep 2026 02:35
    BBC Four

Free interactive ebook

Free interactive ebook

Compare diary accounts of the pioneering 1869 expedition with our modern day recreation.