Long Way Round

Long Way Round
DVD cover illustrating Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
Created byEwan McGregor
Charley Boorman
David Alexanian
Russ Malkin
StarringEwan McGregor
Charley Boorman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes7 (10 ep. extended broadcast)
Production
CinematographyClaudio von Planta
Jimmy Simak
Running time42 minutes (per episode / approx.)
Original release
NetworkSky 1
Release18 October 2004 (2004-10-18) –
1 February 2005 (2005-02-01)
Related
Race to Dakar
Long Way Down
By Any Means
Long Way Up
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Long Way Round
AuthorEwan McGregor and Charley Boorman
Cover artistJulian Broad (photo) and Duncan Spilling (design)
GenreTravelogue
PublisherAtria Books
Publication date
2 November 2004
Media typeHardback
Pages320
ISBN0-7434-9933-6
Followed byLong Way Down 

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+ on 18 September 2020, along with sequels Long Way Down (2007) and Long Way Up (2020).