The six-part series features a different guest rider every week, as Reedus rides across North America to famous motorcycle hotspots and explores local biker cultures.

Reedus' biking hero, Peter Fonda - star of the epic motorcycle film Easy Rider - joins the adventure as the crew visit a moonshine distillery, ride dune-buggies, race porta-potties, and go to see a high voodoo priestess.

Artist Imogen Lehtonen, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, and custom bike builder Jason Paul Michaels also ride along for parts of the trip. While Brothers & Sisters star Balthazar Getty turns up for a trip to Death Valley after a wild night in Las Vegas, and Reed gets a tattoo with guitarist Brent Hinds in Louisiana where they meet an alligator whisperer. 

"I'm incredibly excited and thankful to AMC for giving me the opprtunity to share a passion of mine with our fans, and hopefully a whole new audience," said Reedus." I had a lot of fun filming it and I hope it shows."

Reedus is best known for starring in The Walking Dead as Daryl Dixon, a zombie hunter and tracker. The dystopian drama is now in its seventh series. 

Ride with Norman Reedus is produced by Left/Right Productions and has been renewed for a second season in the US.

The show arrives in the UK to BT TV subscribers on Monday 2 January.