Long Way Down: Complete BBC Series (DVD)

The Phantom Penance Move over Michael Palin there's a new kid in town! The Pythons travelogue thing had got as old and predictable as the Dead Parrot sketch of late and after the tedious Eastern European series (not the Brtis favorite place right now) it was refreshing to see Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman unleashed on the bikes again, this time celebrity trailblazing down the spine of Africa, two movie brats spitting sand in the face of starving Africans by revving that back wheel. Ok, they didn't, and were suitable humble at all times, especially when the flies got too much. Although our Ewan and Charlie kept bleating on how they wanted to see ...  Read the complete review

Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman first gave us an insight into their lives as friends when they travelled round the world in Long Way Round. This time, they have made a TV series based on their travels to go from Scotland all the way down to the bottom of South Africa on their motorbikes. This proves to be a challenging trip, with a plethora of border controls and political problems hitting them along the way, as well as having to fight often against the terrain and even the nightlife. They are not living the life of luxury as they go down, although they are accompanied by a crew for the purposes of staying healthy and being able to plan their route as well ...  Read the complete review

This is a double DVD of the entire television series. It follows Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor on their journey from John O'Groats in the north of Scotland right down to Cape Town in South Africa. There journey was on BMW GS motorcycles with a support crew in off road cars. It is an excellent documentary especially for those who love motorcycles. It is the sequel to their previous adventure Long Way Round. The bikes are a newer model than they used on the Long Way Round and have snazzy paint jobs, one is blue and the other red. They also have a bit of zebra paintwork on eone bike and leopard on the other. The DVD features episodes 1, 2 and 3 on Disc ...  Read the complete review

I have to say I honestly love this series. It also gave me a hobby last time I was travelling in Africa, just on the off chance they were repeating the trip! At the most basic level, it's a series about two friends who follow their lifetime ambitions and ride motorbikes from John O'Groats to the tip of South Africa. But one of those friends happens to be Ewan McGregor, which changes the set up somewhat... This series follows the Long Way Round documentary, when Ewan and his friend, Charley Boorman, rode from London to New York in much the same fashion, with accidents, swearing, and moaning just to shake things up a bit. The Long Way Down series follows in ...  Read the complete review

This is the second mamouth adventure of best friends Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor as they travel from John O Groates to Cape Town, using their trusted BMW motorcycles. Despite my huge anticipation for this series after Long Way Down, I was a little dissapointed as this series didn't seem to manage to capture the same sense of adventure as the first series did, it has lost the feeling of two mates out on an adventure. Many people complained about their extensive use of a back-up crew, which weren't as 'present' in the last series. However, I can understand this as their trip was through Africa, not the safest of places. There is lots ...  Read the complete review