EAN: 9781789295498

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 * NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON ALL 4 * 'This is a fabulous adventure - reckless insanely ambitious and filled with sweat tears and laughter ... irresistible reading.' Joanna Lumley 'Alex Bescoby weaves travel adventure history and the contemporary together like no one else. His great gift is to take us on a journey through past and present.' Dan Snow _______________________________________________________________ 'A journey that I don't think could be made again today'. It was this comment by Sir David Attenborough on the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic First Overland expedition that became an irresistible challenge for filmmaker and adventurer Alex Bescoby. In 1955 Attenborough then a young TV producer was approached by six recent university graduates determined to drive the entire length of 'Eurasia' from London to Singapore . It was the unclimbed Everest of motoring - many had tried none had succeeded. Sensing this time might be different Attenborough gave the expedition enough film reel to cover their attempt. The 19 000-mile journey completed by Tim Slessor and the team captivated a nation emerging from postwar austerity. Tim's book The First Overland soon became the bible of the overlanding religion. Inspired by the First Overland Alex made contact with now eighty-six-year-old Tim and together they planned an epic recreation of the original trip this time from Singapore to London. Their goal was to complete the legendary journey started more than sixty years ago in the original Land Rover . In awe of the unstoppable Tim and haunted by his own grandfather's declining health Alex and his team soon find themselves battling rough roads breakdowns and Oxford's constantly leaky roof to discover a world changed for the better - and worse - since the first expedition.

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