Episode guide
Long Way Down: Season 1
6 episodes · premiered Oct 28, 2007
Two guys take a trip of several months on motorcycles. They travel from the North of Scotland, down through Europe, into Africa, finally winding up in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Episode 1: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines Oct 28, 2007 · 1h After finding a suitable base Ewan and Charley spend several months in London prior to departure, planning a route. Eve, Ewan's wife, decides she would like to join part of the trip. Ewan…
- Episode 2: Scotland to Tobruk Nov 4, 2007 · 1h After a miserable ride to London, Ewan and Charley push on to France. Despite arduous weather conditions, they must stay on a strict time course.
- Episode 3: Tobruk to Ethiopia Nov 11, 2007 · 1h Leaving the romantic city of Rome they head down the Amalfi Coast as they make their way to the edge of Italy, ready to catch the ferry over to Sicily. After a days rest and new tires on…
- Episode 4: Kenya Nov 18, 2007 · 1h In Libya, the boys visit Tobruk War Cemetery; Ewan is touched by the amount of people buried there from all over the world. It is an emotional day for the boys as they realize how much…
- Episode 5: Kenya to Tanzania Nov 25, 2007 · 1h Passing by Khartoum, the boys have been riding for a while and see the aftermath of a car crash and pull over to the roadside. One of the drivers explains he fell asleep at the wheel and…
- Episode 6: Tanzania to Cape Town Dec 2, 2007 · 1h Now over the border, and in Kenya, the team find themselves stuck in bandit country when Claudio's shock absorber goes yet again. They set up camp for the night - aware of the dangers that…