In Season 2, Episode 1, Ian & Justine reunite with Angela Gourley, a lynchpin in the story of the landmark ’90s TV travel series Globe Trekker. Angie was the first hire at Pilot Productions, the London company founded by Ian Cross, the series' creator and executive producer. Angie helped set the tone of Globe Trekker, directing and producing dozens of episodes over many seasons. It’s also Angie we have to thank for putting Ian Wright on our screens. Back then, producing a one-hour episode was a months-long adventure: two months of research using travel guides, books, brochures and faxes (remember those?), followed by a month-long solo recce, or location scout. Then the crew — director, sound, camera and host — arrived for another month of filming. The trio reminisce about the risks they took, some worthwhile and others decidedly reckless, and how travel — and travel television — has changed since those days. There are stories of hypothermia in the Arctic, bungee jumping off Victoria Falls and being shot at in the Australian outback. And we learn why former Globe Trekker host Bradley Cooper is (not naked) in Croatia.
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