atlantamoi

"Long Way Round" debuted on Bravo last night (10/28). Comes on at 10pm Thursday nights. GREAT looking show. Ewan and his friend Charley Boorman are riding motorcycles from London-Europe-Russia-U.S over 3 months... last night showed how they prepared to get ready. Next five episodes are their travels. Definitely worth watching. The previews show quite a lot of action (and a couple of bad looking accidents).

http://www.bravotv.com/Long_Way_Round/About/

IMRICKJAMES

I didnt think this was going to be so good, but after the first episode, which, since it revolved around just preparing for the trip and not the trip itself, is the most boring episode I think this show is going to be pretty cool. I can't believe all the prep work they did. That hostile situation training was nuts! I wonder how often that will come up

clckworang

I completely forgot about this show but was interested in seeing it. I know Bravo has a very liberal replay policy. Does anyone know off hand when or if they will be reairing it?

QuikSilver

I saw Ewan talk about his trip on Jay Leno last week and it sparked my interest. Unfortunately, my cable provider does not carry Bravo. Is Bravo part of basic cable or is it a premium channel like HBO and Showtime?

clckworang

Usually it is a part of basic cable, at least it is here and the other places that I have lived.

rkndkn

Oddly enough, their schedule does not show a rerun of the first episode, though all subsequent episodes are scheduled for multiple airings. (Per Bravo website)

atlantamoi

Reminder that episode #2 comes on tonight (11/4).

gnradd21

I loved the look on Ewan when the guy they were staying with in the Ukraine came down the stairs with an acoustic guitar in one hand, and a machine gun in the other This show is great....Charley and Ewan are really funny and likeable. And I wanna go on a motorcycle road trip ASAP.

BDB

I'll have to catch this on reruns.

atlantamoi

I would be shocked if that house was not paid for by some type of illegal activity. I probably would have been freaked out seeing all those guns as well... cracked me up on Ewan's reaction. I've experienced that kind of hospitality in other countries before. People who open their doors and feed you like a king and provide a place to stay just because their culture is like that. Amazing experience.

This show is like Amazing Race, but with the opportunity to spend more personal time with the locals.

Chrisedge

Finally watched EP1 on tape last night (My VCR screwed up and didn't get EP2, I need two tivos)

GREAT SHOW! I would def. buy this on DVD.

Nazgul

It looks like they changed the time. Bravo and Yahoo have it listed for 7 CST.

Nazgul

New Ep. on tonight at 8 EST.

BDB

just catching up on this now, its fantastic television.
watched the 1st 2 eps, and about to watch ep 3.

slowcloud

I was only able to catch it at around 6 a.m. in re-runs in Feb. for the first time, but Bravo did not air the whole thing! I got so hooked on it, and then Bravo stopped airing it after the support team's terrible crash. What a cliffhanger! I definitely want to watch the rest of this! NOTE: please only use spoiler alerts and block out text when revealing plot points after this episode.

Anyway, I researched the DVD situation on-line, and they have an official website:
http://www.longwayround.com/
And there is a PAL DVD! When someone on the Bravo message boards asked about a U.S. NTSC DVD. They replied:

"We are currently unable to confirm the US DVD release date at the moment. However, please keep checking the website for more information.
Regards,
Staff at LWR HQ"

The poster makes a great suggestion for U.S. fans of the show, which we here at DVD Talk should join in on:

"Go to their website and request the US formatted release of the DVD. Maybe if more people request it, they would speed up production... who knows."

So go and drop them a line to show your interest... starting with you, Chrisedge!

slowcloud

“Digital VB” has announced the U.S. release of “Long Way Round.” Finally! I
almost bought the U.K. version, too! Great thing about the U.S. release is that
it will contain never-before-released material. No word on what exactly this
unreleased footage will contain, though. Other special features will include a
photo gallery and interviews. Goldhill is the company releasing the DVD (I
never heard of them—what are their releases like, if anyone here can provide
such insight?). Release date is set for Dec. 6th of this year and the SRP is
$19.95. Finally, I can see what happened after being left on a crazy
cliffhanger, when Bravo! suddenly stopped airing the re-runs! I can’t believe
they stopped the re-runs at this key episode. Cruel!

Chrisedge

I bought the UK DVD earlier this year. Watched it a few times, so I'm still happy I got it. (Actually broke in my HiDef TV with it)

BDB

You mean like never before seen clips on the US TV? Or never before seen at all.

the uk version on tv had the clip with the bear, and it was mia on bravo, its the one scene that stands out as missing. I'm sure there wre many more.

slowcloud

I would think it would be never-before-seen material as far as thr U.S broadcast was concerned, since this is the first timr a region 1 DVD has been issued of the show. That's under the assumption the DVD's marketing department expects no one in the U.S. has seen the region 2 DVD, because... well, we're not supposed to.

DodgingCars

FINALLY! Sheesh

DodgingCars

Goldhill releases:
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/DVDs/Labels/Goldhill_DVD/

whitetigeress

Big Bump!

I am currently in the middle of this series and enjoying every minute of it. I just thought I would let you know that there is another series on the way this year. I believe you can purchase the dvd from the UK on their website, but hopefully it will come to the US on Bravo again.

In May 12, 2007, Charley set out on another journey with Ewan: this time from John o' Groats in Scotland, to Cape Town, South Africa.

www.longwaydown.com

BDB

They finished long way down a little bit ago, anxiously waiting for it to be aired on TV!