"Ice Road Truckers" (2007) TV series

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

17 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Reality-TV

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 8	10:00 PM	HISTORY	Arctic Ice	#3.5
Thur. July 9	2:00 AM	HISTORY	Arctic Ice	#3.5

Cast

Thom Beers	...	Himself - Narrator / ... (11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Hugh Rowland	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)
Jay Westgard	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)
Alex Debogorski	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)
Rick Yemm	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)
T.J. Tilcox	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)
Drew Sherwood	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2007)
Christian Rodska	...	Himself - Narrator (6 episodes, 2007)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

BHP-Ekati, Northwest Territories, Canada

Company:

Original Productions

Quotes:

[opening narration, season 1]
Narrator: At the top of the world, there's an outpost like no other - and a job only a few would dare. The mission: to haul critical supplies across three hundred and fifty miles of frozen lakes to Canada's remote, billion-dollar diamond mines.
Alex Debogorski: It's called the dash for the cash.
Narrator: The challenge: to transport ten thousand loads in sixty days - before the road disappears. The rewards are great.
Rick Yemm: Get me hooked up to make some money!
Narrator: The risks, even greater. These are the men who make their living on thin ice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Modern Marvels: Ice Road Truckers (#9.3)" (2003)

Soundtrack:

Livin' On The Edge

Essentially an informative documentary, although some abrasive characters

Channel 5's new television series, "Ice road truckers" was suitably intriguing at first sight. Further into the series we are introduced to more and more characters and we see their personalities unravel before our eyes.

We learn about aspects of their job such as the huge machines they use to carry out their bidding, and what kind of a life they lead while trawling the Ice Road. All the truckers we see are working for the head honcho "Hugh Roland" a big, hairy, macho man nick named "the polar bear" by his employees.

Soon enough, the true personality of the drivers is revealed; from the very likable southern Californian "T.J." to the rather arrogant Rick Yemm. That brings me to another point, the swearing. Unfortunately the drivers tend to swear every other sentence which leads to a series of very annoying beeps.

The introduction for every episode has so far been repeated from the pilot episode, which has lots of cheesy introductions like Alex's line where he says "It's called the dash for the cash" which makes for some cringe worthy viewing. Apart from these small hang ups (and all the other stuff I have no doubt forgotten) Ice road truckers makes for a likable documentary and some easy Friday night viewing.