Isle of Man TT on TV
Thursday 04 September 2008
TT
The Isle of Man TT circuit will feature in a major new BBC television series which starts on Sunday.
In By Any Means, which is on BBC2, Charley Boorman embarks on yet another amazing biking adventure.
After completing the Long Way Down and Long Way Round journeys with fellow actor Ewan McGregor, Charley is now bidding to travel from his childhood home in Wicklow, Ireland, to Sydney, Australia.
Packing just the bare essentials in a suitcase, Charley, his close friend Russ Malkin and cameraman Mungo attempt to travel more than 20,000 miles through 25 countries, across three continents.
Not wanting to make it easy for themselves, the intrepid travellers make their journey ‘by any means’, using whatever mode of local transport they can get their hands on to drive, ride and sail to Sydney.
The trip sees the team travel by dinghy, helicopter, train and even elephant.
In the first episode of the six-part series, Charley and Russ visit the Isle of Man, take to motorcycles and ride the famous 37¾ mile Mountain Circuit.
The footage, shot in April, sees 14-times TT winner John McGuinness, the first person to lap the course at an average speed of more than 130mph, take them on a tour of the course.
They also spoke to TT legend and multiple World Champion Geoff Duke and TT winner Richard ‘Milky’ Quayle during the visit.
The Isle of Man is expected to feature in a 10-minute segment of the first episode.