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Long Way Round

★ 8.6 17K votes 2004–2010 1 season · 10 episodes Ended Sky One
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 10/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 8/10Wonder & aweSpectacle and imagination that expand the world.This show: 7/10Central duoOne pair's chemistry carries everything.This show: 7/10
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About

"Two friends, two bikes, half the planet"

Actor Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman ride motorcycles from London to New York the long way, heading east through Europe, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Siberia before crossing into Alaska and Canada. The series follows their journey day by day with a small support crew, capturing breakdowns, border hassles, mud, and the people they meet along the way. It's loose and unpolished, more travelogue than adventure thriller, and the pleasure is in the camaraderie and the sheer scale of the terrain rather than tight storytelling or slick production.

Watch it for

the genuine friendship and unfiltered reactions to genuinely brutal, remote terrain.

Maybe skip if

you need polished production or fast-moving narrative structure rather than meandering travel footage.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12004
7.72K107h 34m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Preparation7.4
29144 min
▶2Shoving Off7.3
20150 min
▶3London to Volgograd7.7
26145 min
▶4Kazakhstan7.8
25344 min
▶5Barnaul to Western Mongolia8.0
24444 min
▶6Western Mongolia to Yakutsk7.9
23845 min
▶7Yakutsk to Magadan: The Road of Bones8.2
23945 min
▶8Anchorage to Calgary7.8
22443 min
▶9Calgary to New York7.7
13444 min
▶10One Year Later6.9
12650 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ewan McGregor Self
Charley Boorman Self
Claudio von Planta Self
David Alexanian Self
Russ Malkin Self
Jimmy Simak Self
Eve Mavrakis Self
Olly Boorman Self
Doone Boorman Self
Kinvara Boorman Self

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