TV Series Like Long Way Up

About Long Way Up

Actor Ewan McGregor and his friend, Charley Boorman, travel 13,000 miles around Central and South America on electric Harley Davidson motorcycles.

Long Way Up is an English television series which debuted 18 September 2020, documenting a motorcycle journey undertaken in 2019 by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, from Ushuaia in Argentina through South and Central America to Los Angeles in the United States. It is a follow-up to 2004’s Long Way Round where the pair rode from London to New York and then again in 2007 Long Way Down, when they rode south from John o’ Groats in Scotland through eighteen countries in Europe and Africa to Cape Town in South Africa.

The first three episodes of Long Way Up premiered globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, 18 September 2020, and seven further episodes rolled out weekly through to 13 November 2020.

The journey covered 13,000 miles, through 13 countries over 100 days starting in September 2019 and finishing on 14 December 2019. They rode Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles manufactured by Harley-Davidson that had been converted into adventure bikes. Accompanying Ewan and Charley are the same key team members from Long Way Round and Long Way Down, including director/producers David Alexanian and Russ Malkin and directors of photography Jimmy Simak and Claudio Von Planta. Also joining is associate producer Taylor Estevez and cinematographer Anthony Von Seck. The production team followed Ewan and Charley’s route in prototype Rivian electric trucks built especially for the journey. They were supported by diesel powered vehicles and generators and back up bikes.

Show: Long Way Up
Available On: Apple TV+
Genres: Adventure Documentary Reality

Last episode of Long Way Up on Apple TV+ aired on November 13, 2020.