Long Way Down est une série télévisée, un livre et un DVD documentant un voyage en moto entrepris par Ewan McGregor et Charley Boorman, sur lequel ils ont parcouru 18 pays, de John O'Grats en Écosse au Cap en Afrique du Sud en passant par l'Europe et l'Afrique en 2007 Il s'agit d'un suivi du voyage aller-retour de Long Way en 2004, lorsque la paire est partie de Londres à New York en passant par l'Eurasie et l'Amérique du Nord. Le voyage a débuté le 12 mai 2007 et s'est achevé le 4 août 2007. Ils étaient accompagnés des mêmes membres clés de l'équipe de Long Way Round, dont Claudian Von Planta, caméraman et directeur de la photographie, Jimmy Simak, caméraman, Russ Malkin et David Alexanian . En outre, ils ont décidé de voyager constamment avec un infirmier, Dai Jones, l'agent de sécurité Jim Foster et divers «fixeurs» - guides locaux et interprètes - tout au long du voyage. Ils ont roulé la BMW R1200GS Adventure, le successeur des R1150GS Adventure qu'ils ont piloté dans Long Way Round. Comme lors de leur précédent voyage, et la course de Boorman à Dakar, Russ Malkin et sa compagnie Big Earth ont produit la série. La série télévisée basée sur le voyage a commencé à être diffusée sur BBC Two le 28 octobre 2007. Des clips vidéo et des photos de l'aventure ont été montrés en ligne par la BBC pendant la production de la série.
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The sequel to Long Way Round is another excellent adventure travel documentary series featuring the same lovable cast of characters (i.e. a movie star, his far less famous friend, a Swiss camera man and some producers). This time they head from the top of Scotland to South Africa. There are similarities to the two series, sure, but there are a surprising number of differences. One of the things I like most about these series – and which they have in common with Michael Palin’s excellent TV travel shows – is how human McGregor and Boorman are. They are flawed people just like you and me and this arguably comes out even more in this series, in which they spent an annoying amount of time complaining about the choices they made about their schedule. Yes, it’s annoying, but it’s also real. And it represents a distinct difference from Long Way Round – for much of this trip their main enemy isn’t so much the terrain and the elements as it is each other. It isn’t really until they encounter a physical challenge like the ones they encountered in the first show that they stop the infighting. It’s fascinating. Though I really like the first series, I found this series gave me the travel bug much more. And I think it’s because these countries are relatively accessible to me post-pandemic. Jenn and I were thinking of going to Ethiopia or Namibia (or one or two other places) before the pandemic. Seeing them through this show just makes us miss traveling all the more. The show is full of the usual incredible struggles with nature and the friendly people that travelers inevitably find on trips like this. It’s also got a lot more wildlife than the first one. So if that’s your thing, you’ll like this one more. They are both really worth watching if you like travel documentaries. Long Way Round feels like the harder accomplishment but this has plenty of cool moments. And lots and lots of gorgeous scenery.
One word to sum up this series... AWESOME!!!! One of the best shows ever! 12/10
As with the first series, Long Way Round, it rushes through early on (in North Africa), but is most interesting in the middle (central Africa). There's not much to it, but it's interesting seeing the usual road trip rhythms and drama, and to learn a bit about Africa.