''The Trip'' is an eight-part

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that was first broadcast in 1999 (during the late night time bracket known as 4Later). ''The Trip'' consists of rarely seen

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space footage from the earliest days of

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to the 1990s, set to a dance music soundtrack. The show was created by producer

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. A CD soundtrack for the series was released by

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on 22 March 1999, containing many of the tracks used in the series. A second series was broadcast in 2001, featuring a wider range of music genres and footage from various sources, rather than NASA space exploration footage. This series has not been made available on Channel 4 4oD.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trip, The Channel 4 original programming British documentary television series 1999 British television series debuts 1999 British television series endings