Long Way Round (2004)

Genre

travel documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 130 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two friends ride motorcycles from London to New York, going east through Europe and Asia, then flying to Alaska before finishing across North America. The series follows their real adventures, breakdowns, and interactions with people along the way.

adventurousupbeatearnestroad-trip vibeobservationalcharmingslow-pacedgenuine

What happens

Long Way Round (LWR) is a British television series and book documenting the 19,000-mile (31,000 km) journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York City on motorcycles. They travelled eastwards through Europe and Asia, flew to Alaska, and continued by road to New York. The series aired on Sky One from 18 October 2004 – 1 February 2005 and was repeated on BBC Two in 2008. The series was added to Apple TV+ in 2020, along with its sequels, Long Way Down (2007) and Long Way Up (2020), followed by Long Way Home (2025). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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