Trailblazers
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Host
Elin Rhys (S4C version)
Broadcast
as O Fan i Fan, HTV Cymru for S4C, 19 May 1989 to 1991
HTV Wales for ITV, 5 June 1989 to 21 August 1992 (24 episodes in 4 series)
Synopsis
An outdoor physical challenges show with teams representing - we think - the various regions that took the show (Scottish, HTV Wales, Ulster, Tyne Tees and TVS). Featuring rafting, rope-slides, abseiling and that sort of thing, all watched over by trainers from the Royal Marines.
Trivia
The cyclist Graeme Obree (the subject of the biopic The Flying Scotsman) was one of the Scottish team in the 1991 series and in his autobiography mentions the filming as "the best week I have ever enjoyed".
S4C title translated in English as From Place to Place.
