Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
Long Way Down (Special Edition) - S1 - E1
As things get under way, Ewan and Charley undergo fitness and survival traing to prepare for their 15,000-mile adventure.
Long Way Down (Special Edition): Season 1 - 10 Episode s
1x1 - Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
October 28, 2007
As things get under way, Ewan and Charley undergo fitness and survival traing to prepare for their 15,000-mile adventure.
1x2 - Scotland to Italy
November 4, 2007
After visiting Ewan's family in Scotland, he and Charley attempt to stay on a strict time schedule as they push through London and France
1x3 - Rome to Tobruk
November 11, 2007
1x4 - Tobruk to Khartoum
November 18, 2007
1x5 - Sudan to Ethiopia
November 25, 2007
1x6 - Into Kenya
December 2, 2007
1x7 - Kenya to Rwanda
December 9, 2007
Charley and Ewan visit a UNICEF site, where they meet former child soldiers, entertain locals with their bike stunts and venture into the Rwandan mountains. This episode: the bikes and cars finally make it across a muddy river; Ewan sees wild zebras for the first time; wild gorillas in their natural habitat.
1x8 - Kigali to Malawi
December 16, 2007
The team gate-crash a wedding and meet the President of Rwanda, who shares his story as a refugee and, on the Tanzania/Malawi border, Ewan is reunited with his wife. This episode: Ewan and Charley go to the home of Pal Kagame, the president of Rwanda; Ewan and Eve are reunited after two months; Eve has problems riding on sand.
1x9 - Malawi to Botswana
December 23, 2007
Ewan's wife Eve joins the team for this leg of the journey, as they visit a crocodile farm and share a camp fire and baked beans alongside local tribesmen. This episode: a UNICEF child-care center in Malawi; Victoria Falls; Charley decides to bungee jump over the Zambezi River.
1x10 - Botswana to Cape Town
December 30, 2007
The boys are on the home stretch but their journey is still rife with danger. Ewan has a close call with a charging elephant and cameraman Claudio takes a tumble. This episode: Ewan and Charley enjoy the culture and company of Namibian bush people; the team is overjoyed upon reaching Cape Town.