Long Way Down
Long Way Down Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
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| S1 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
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About
"Friendship and endurance across a continent by motorbike"
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman saddle up again, this time riding motorcycles from John o'Groats in Scotland down through Europe and Africa to Cape Town. It's a travel documentary built on friendship, mechanical mishaps, and encounters with people and landscapes along the way. The tone is warm and unscripted, mixing genuine hardship (mud, borders, breakdowns) with moments of real emotion, including stops highlighting humanitarian work. It moves at an easy, episodic pace, more about camaraderie and discovery than spectacle, and works best if you enjoy travel shows driven by personality rather than plot.
the genuine camaraderie between McGregor and Boorman as they battle terrain, breakdowns, and each other's nerves.
you need a tight narrative arc rather than loosely connected travel and logistics.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Gentlemen, Start Your Engines | 7.3 | 156 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | John O'Groats, Scotland to Siena, Italy | 7.3 | 144 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Rome, Italy to Tobruk, Libya | 7.5 | 134 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Tobruk, Libya to Khartoum, Sudan | 7.5 | 131 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Khartoum, Sudan to Shashemene, Ethiopia | 7.7 | 126 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Shashemene, Ethiopia to Laisamis, Kenya | 7.7 | 124 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Laisamis, Kenya to Rwanda | 7.8 | 99 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Kigali, Rwanda to Chintheche, Malawi | 7.8 | 100 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Chintheche, Malawi to Maun, Botswana | 7.7 | 98 | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Maun, Botswana to Cape Town, South Africa | 7.7 | 95 | 50 min |