Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: October 28, 2007
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Networks: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary

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Long Way Down(2007)

TMDB Rating: 8.0 (54 votes)

Overview

Three years after Long Way Round, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on a 15,000-mile journey from the northernmost tip of Scotland to the southernmost tip of South Africa, mixing their love of motorcycles with the lure of far-flung roads.

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Season 1

6 episodes • 2007

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Gentlemen, Start Your Engines	Oct 28, 2007
2	John O'Groats, Scotland to Siena, Italy	Nov 4, 2007
3	Rome, Italy to Tobruk, Libya	Nov 11, 2007
4	Tobruk, Libya to Khartoum, Sudan	Nov 18, 2007
5	Khartoum, Sudan to Shashemene, Ethiopia	Nov 25, 2007
6	Shashemene, Ethiopia to Laisamis, Kenya	Dec 2, 2007

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