In the spirit of that other all-time classic Pole to Pole, By Any Means racks up a decent number of flashpoints– albeit flashpoints that have been somewhat forgotten in the decade since. It is the most colorful and arguably the most watchable of all the Big Earth documentaries. Teaming up with a hotshot young cameraman named Mungo, Charley & company ended up with one of the warmest, most eclectic travelogues I’ve ever seen. Ireland to Sydney by Any Means is a total game-changer.Īfter completing Long Way Down, Charley Boorman and director Russ Malkin came up with a strange, counterintuitive plan: to travel from Charley’s hometown of Wicklow, Ireland to Sydney Harbour in Australia, avoiding commercial airlines if possible, and using as many forms of transportation as possible, especially modes of travel historically or culturally significant to the places visited.īasically they do whatever they can think of for four months on a journey halfway around the world. This is Travelogia.Ĭountries visited: Ireland, Isle of Man, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, India, Nepal, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing some of my favorites. Done well, a travel documentary can take you on that same journey, open a window into a world past and present, and provide comfort and inspiration to those of us stuck at home. Not only can travel enable you to see the world, but the act of traveling itself can open your eyes to the world at its best.

Lighten up, there's more important things to get all upset about.You really think they made the programme first and then went to the BBC to see IF they'd buy it?I am about as sure of that as you are of your argument.Then, Sir, you are only sure of your own inaccuracy.What's all this Sir b ks that keep creeping in on PH? It's meant to make me feel small right? Nah, just swearing at people gets a bit boring after a while, so it's easier to be 'very' polite.I love travelogues. Who says it cost the license payers anything? His own production company would have made it and then the Beeb would buy it if they thought it was good viewing or told them to speak to C5 is it wasn't. Where will it end - the original adventure format now seems to have become a licence for Charley Boorman to satisfy every self-centred travel whim he might come up with. Long way round - great adventure Long way down - ok, version of a format By any means - taking the p1ss with licence-payers money for one guy to spend his life gallivanting round the world on someone else's tab.

Ireland to sydney by any means