

From 1998 to 2002, he also ran a British motorcycle team with Ewan McGregor, winning the Superstock Series with David Jeffries.Ĭharley is currently a columnist for Australian Road Rider magazine and an ambassador for Bremont Watches. He went on to star in films such as Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope And Glory and, more recently, Karaoke, The Serpent’s Kiss and The Bunker.īorn in London in 1966, he grew up in Ireland and has a passion for motorbikes, spending much of his childhood riding motorcross. This was then followed by a second BBC series in 2009 Charley Boorman: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means.Ĭharley’s career on screen began at an early age with his first film role as Ed’s Boy, Jon Voight’s son in Deliverence, directed by his father John Boorman. More recently Charley has gone solo, traveling overland for BBC series Charley Boorman:Wicklow to Sydney By Any Means where he traveled by any means of transport appropriate to the country from his hometown of Wicklow in Ireland to Sydney, Australia. Following the success of this series McGregor and Boorman went on to star in Long Way Down, again travelling by motorbike, this time from John O’Groats to Cape Town. His first big adventure was the award winning series Long Way Round biking overland from London to New York with good friend Ewan McGregor.

Charley Boorman: Ireland to Sydney By Any Means is also known simply as By Any Means.Actor and Adventurer Charley Boorman has successfully been producing adventure travel documentaries for the BBC, SKY and National Geographic Channel since 2004. Boorman's first travelling documentary was with his friend, Ewan McGregor, on a motorbike journey from London to New York that created the 2004 show, Long Way Round. He uses more than 100 different modes of transport, including container ships, dug-out canoes, solar cars and an elephant. Avoiding commercial airlines wherever possible, Boorman explores the different ways to travel over land, sea and air. Avoiding commercial airlines wherever possible, Boorman explores the different ways to travel over land, sea Adventurer Charley Boorman sets off on his most daring adventure yet-ditching his trusty motorbike to travel over 20,000 miles, through 25 countries from his home town Wicklow County, Ireland to Sydney, Australia, by any means.

Summary: Adventurer Charley Boorman sets off on his most daring adventure yet-ditching his trusty motorbike to travel over 20,000 miles, through 25 countries from his home town Wicklow County, Ireland to Sydney, Australia, by any means.
