The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
First glimpse of McGregor on latest adventure
First-look images for new series Long Way Up show Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embarking on a motorcycle journey through South and Central America.
In the new Apple TV+ programme the pair will travel 13,000 miles over 100 days from Ushuaia at the southern tip of Argentina up to Mexico.
They will be riding prototype electric Harley-Davidsons on their journey, which takes them through 13 countries including Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
They will be followed by directors David Alexanian and Russ Malkin in an electric car.
The series follows their previous longdistance motorcycle journeys, in Long Way Round and Long Way Down.
The first three episodes of Long Way Up will premiere on Apple TV+ on September 18, with new episodes available on a weekly basis.
It is the third such voyage for Crieffborn McGregor and Boorman, who acted together before finding stardom.
From April to July 2004 they rode motorbikes from London to New York, via western Europe, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada for the series, Long Way
Round. En route, McGregor twice required treatment after petrol was sprayed in his eyes and also needed medical attention for a mosquito bite in Kazakhstan.
Three years later, the pair reunited for the Long Way Down trip from John o’ Groats to South Africa, passing through the African continent.
On both trips they raised awareness of the work of Unicef, for which McGregor has long been an ambassador.