How to Start Your Own Country

Overview

Follows intrepid Wallace—famous for starting the Random Acts of Kindness collective—on his unlikely odyssey to start his own country.

Episodes

S01E01 Birth Of A Nation

August 3, 2005 30 min
Wallace investigates territory for his proposed country, beginning by visiting Sealand. He meets the man who owns the Moon, he "invades" Eel Pie Island but leaves his post of "leader" when the Police are called....

S01E02 Citizens Required

August 10, 2005 30 min
With the help of an advertising agency, Wallace chooses a design for the flag of his country. He records a national anthem, which is played during his interview on Iain Lee's LBC show.

S01E03 For King And Country

August 17, 2005 30 min
Danny Wallace meets the SAS (Second amandment sisters) and meets the King of Fusa. He also goes to The Principality of Seborga.

S01E04 State Of A Nation

August 24, 2005 30 min
Wallace visits two very different 'utopian' communities, the planned town of Celebration which maintains its pleasantness through strict rules and regulations, and the anarchic self governing neighbourhood of Christiania. He also speaks to a Catholic...

S01E05 The Bank Of Danny

August 31, 2005 30 min
When he struggles to pay his electricity bill, Wallace begins to kick-start his country's economy. He investigates the National Debt, with advice from former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke. He designs his own currency,...

S01E06 The United Nation

September 7, 2005 30 min
Wallace attempts to enter the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with a song called "Stop the Muggin', Start the Huggin'". In an attempt to officially become a country, he travels to New York to try to...

Cast

Danny Wallace
Danny Wallace
Self

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