Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman mount refurbished 1974 Moto Guzzi and BMW boxer twins for a 63-day, 17-country trundle from the actor’s Perthshire farm to Boorman’s Suffolk cottage. Apple TV+ releases the ten weekly episodes, each 36-45 minutes, between 9 May and 4 July 2025, exactly twenty years after their first televised ride.
The route crosses the North Sea to Denmark, pushes through snow-loaded Norwegian fjords to Svalbard, doubles back via a bug-infested Swedish forest, then threads the Baltic states, Poland’s Tatra Mountains and Alpine Austria before the final Chunnel dash.
Rivian support trucks trail silently behind the cantankerous bikes, ferrying spareparts and UNICEF kit the duo deliver to refugee hubs in Warsaw and a Lapland supply depot. McGregor’s Eldorado backfires across Finland, strands them on Estonia’s empty island of Kihnu and finally expires outside Riga, forcing roadside rewires by a women-only motorcycle club.
Between repairs they sample log-rolling, drag strips, hot-air balloons over Lithuanian castles, shepherd culture in Polish folk dress and a spot of Hornussen “farmer’s golf” in Switzerland. Critics call the pace leisurely, yet the camera lingers long enough on melting Svalbard permafrost and tattoo parlours in Krakow to make the miles feel earned.
When the pair roll onto Boorman’s lawn to applause from pipe bands, bagpipes and families, the odometer reads 10,000 miles of Europe seen exclusively from the saddle of two increasingly reluctant classics.
Production Details
Apple TV / 1 Season / 10 Episodes / 2025
Created by: David Alexanian, Charley Boorman, Russ Malkin, Ewan McGregor
Showrunner(s): David Alexanian, Charley Boorman, Russ Malkin
Producer(s): Lucy Trujillo
Music: Charlie Jefferson
Main Cast
Ewan McGregor as Self
Charley Boorman as Self
