Long Way Round
| Long Way Round | |
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DVD cover illustrating Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
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| Created by |
Ewan McGregor Charley Boorman David Alexanian Russ Malkin |
| Starring |
Ewan McGregor Charley Boorman |
| Country of origin | UK |
| No. of episodes | 7 (10 ep. extended broadcast) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 42 minutes (per episode / approx.) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky 1 |
| Original release | 18 October 2004 – 1 February 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Race to Dakar Long Way Down By Any Means |
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| Website | |
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| Author | Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman |
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| Cover artist | Julian Broad (photo) and Duncan Spilling (design) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Travelogue |
| Publisher | Atria Books |
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Publication date
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2 November 2004 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 320 |
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| Followed by | Long Way Down |
Long Way Round (LWR) is a British television series, DVD set 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 on by road to New York. The series aired on Sky 1 from 18 October 2004 – 1 February 2005.
From 14 April 2004 to 29 July 2004, Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, motorcycle riding cameraman Claudio von Planta, along with director/producers David Alexanian and Russ Malkin, travelled from London to New York City via Western and Central Europe, the Ukraine, Western Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada, over a cumulative distance of 18,887 miles (30,396 km). The only sections not undertaken by motorcycle were the 31-mile (50 km) passage through the Channel Tunnel, 580 miles (930 km) by train in Siberia to circumvent the Zilov Gap, several river crossings and a short impassable section in eastern Russia undertaken by truck, and a 2,505-mile (4,031 km) flight from Magadan in eastern Russia to Anchorage, Alaska.
The riders took their BMW motorcycles through deep and swollen rivers, many without functioning bridges, while travelling along the Road of Bones to Magadan. The summer runoff from the icemelt was in full flow and the bikes eventually had to be loaded onto passing trucks to be ferried across a few of the deepest rivers.
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