Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are back for the fourth instalment of their cross-country adventure series, riding vintage motorcycles through more than 15 countries in Scandinavia, the Baltics and continental Europe
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman are back for another cross-country road trip in a new season of their ‘Long Way’ series. Streaming May 9, Long Way Home sees the duo hit the road more than 20 years after the first instalment of their epic motorcycle adventure.
Across 10 episodes, the latest series will see the two best friends ride refurbished vintage motorbikes from McGregor’s home in Scotland to Boorman’s in England – but rather than take the shortest route, they go the long way. They head across the North Sea to Scandinavia, all the way up to the Arctic Circle and then down to the Baltics and through continental Europe, before eventually hopping back over the English Channel two months later.
The nine-week adventure takes them to 17 countries and along some of the greatest driving roads in the world. It marks the fourth iteration of the Emmy-nominated series, following Long Way Round, Long Way Down and Long Way Up.
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Long Way Home will launch exclusively on Apple TV+, which costs £8.99 per month after a seven-day-free trial. It joins the three previous seasons, all of which are available to stream on Apple TV+.
It comes as Disney+ launches a raft of its own docuseries, with National Geographic titles including Secrets of the Penguins, Tucci in Italy debuting May 19 and Limitless with Chris Hemsworth returning later this year. Throughout Long Way Home, McGregor rides a 1974 Moto Guzzi 850 El Dorado – previously used as a California police bike – while Boorman revives a 1972 BMW R75/5 once described as a ‘rust heap’.
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The bikes take them to countries including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, where they immerse themselves in each country’s culture, meet the locals and try their hand at unique and eclectic activities.
“For the last 20 years, my best friend Charley Boorman and I have travelled to some of the farthest corners of the world,” McGregor says in the series trailer. “Yet, we’ve never properly explored the countries on our own doorstep, so this time, Europe is our playground.”
Long Way Home is executive produced by McGregor and Boorman, alongside longtime collaborators David Alexanian and Russ Malkin, who also direct. Writing on X ahead of the series premiere, one Long Way fan said: “I’m soooo excited for this. Feels like just the other day we were watching the first one.”
Another said: “Looking forward to this. Put it in the calendar.”
A third said: “Sold. Great story and authentic people. I’ll take adventure stuff like this all day!
Source: Mirror
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