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Alexander Armstrong Across America
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Alexander Armstrong Across America actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Alexander Armstrong Across America reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
Alexander Armstrong embarks on a journey across the United States to explore how a nation founded on bold ideals became one of the world’s most powerful and complex countries. From the historic streets of Pennsylvania and the rugged hills of West Virginia to Florida’s sun-soaked coastlines, the neon spectacle of Las Vegas and the vast landscapes of Utah, the series crosses thousands of miles to meet the people and places that reveal a nation shaped by its past, constantly reinventing itself, and defined by bold ambition and striking contrasts.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ewen ThomsonProducer
- Clive TullohExecutive Producer
Direction
- Ewen ThomsonDirector
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