Long Way Round wins Broadcasting Award

When Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman set off on their fascinating Long Way
Round journey, they probably never imagined that it would achieve the success
that it has. The television series that was aired on Sky has just won the
Broadcaster Award for the Best Multichannel Programme.

For this award, judges were looking for the outstanding original production
commissioned by a UK digital-only television channel, with its first
transmission during 2005. Repeats and acquisitions were excluded. Judges
searched for shows that were original, brought something new to the market and
struck a chord with its audience.

"This is a fantastic award to win," said Russ Malkin, the producer and director
of Long Way Round. "Ewan and Charley's journey has really caught the
imagination of so many people that the success of the project has thrived.
Since the series was shown on Sky in the UK, it has been released
internationally and we are now getting a whole new wave of positive feedback
from around the world."

The Long Way Round book published by Time Warner Books won the UK 2005 Travel
Book of the Year Award, outselling its closest competitor - Michael Palin - by
100,000 copies. The DVD went platinum in the UK, Australia and New Zealand and
was also the number one selling DVD in Canada.

Long Way Round was executive-produced by Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, Russ
Malkin and David Alexanian.

Charley Boorman's latest project - Race to Dakar - will be aired on Sky in
October this year.

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