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Long Way Up

★ 8.2 6K votes 2020–2020 1 season · 11 episodes Ended Apple TV
DocuseriesNonfiction storytelling across episodes.This show: 9/10
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Written by
Ewan McGregorCharley BoormanRuss MalkinDavid Alexanian
Written by
Ewan McGregorCharley BoormanRuss MalkinDavid Alexanian
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About

"Old friends, new tech, same restless wanderlust"

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman saddle up again, this time on prototype electric motorcycles, riding from the tip of South America up through jungles, mountains and border crossings to Los Angeles. It's the third installment of their long-distance travel series, and the format is familiar: rough roads, warm encounters with locals, mechanical worries, and easy banter between two friends who've done this before. The pace is unhurried and scenic rather than dramatic, carried almost entirely by the charm of the hosts and the novelty of testing unproven electric bikes across brutal terrain.

Watch it for

the easy chemistry between McGregor and Boorman as they problem-solve their way across a continent.

Maybe skip if

you need real stakes or tension rather than a leisurely travelogue.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2020
8.03K118h 39m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Preparation8.0
31546 min
▶2Ushuaia8.0
27243 min
▶3Southern Patagonia7.9
25745 min
▶4The Andes8.1
24652 min
▶5Atacama Desert Into Bolivia8.2
23351 min
▶6Bolivia8.3
23147 min
▶7Peru8.4
22545 min
▶8Ecuador8.0
20344 min
▶9Colombia, Panama & Costa Rica8.3
21044 min
▶10Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala & Mexico7.8
20352 min
▶11Oaxaca to L.A.7.2
24650 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ewan McGregor Self
Charley Boorman Self
Russ Malkin Self
David Alexanian Self
Claudio von Planta Self
Jimmy Simak Self
Anthony Von Seck Self
Taylor Estevez Self
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Self
Jamyan McGregor Self - Ewan's daughter

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