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Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo by Any Means
Created byCharley Boorman
Russ Malkin
StarringCharley Boorman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducerRuss Malkin
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release27 September 2009 (2009-09-27)
Related
Long Way Round
Race to Dakar
Long Way Down
By Any Means

Right to the Edge: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means, also known by the working title By Any Means 2, is a 2009 adventure series by Charley Boorman and is a sequel to the 2008 BBC travel series and book By Any Means in which Boorman travels one from one place to another by any mode of transport. By Any Means 2 follows Boorman's journey from Sydney, where the last series finished, to Tokyo.

Background

On 22 March 2009, Charley announced on his Twitter page that a sequel, tentatively named By Any Means 2, was in the works. He originally announced that it would take him and the team from Sydney to far eastern Russia via the Pacific Rim.

Filming for By Any Means 2 commenced on 18 May 2009 leaving from Manly, Sydney with a bike convoy. Boorman traveled across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and completed his journey in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Charley Boorman: Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means". BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2009.