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Long Way Up is a British 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.
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- ↑ BBC World News (23 December 2010). ""Racing Green" Trailer". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
- ↑ Zulkey, Claire (29 April 2011). "The Claudio von Planta Interview". Zulkey.com. Retrieved 11 November 2014.