Travelling Stars Find Harmony in the Troubled African Lands ; Acting Friends Charley Boorman and Ewan Mcgregor Have Already Undertaken One Marathon Journey. Now the Bbc has Captured Their Latest Epic Travel Adventure, a Trip Through the Heart of Africa, Where the Pair Found a Lot of Courage and Friendship in the Midst of the Crippling Poverty of This War-Torn Continent.

Derby Evening Telegraph › October 28, 2007

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Acting friends Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor have already undertaken one marathon journey. Now the BBC has captured their latest epic travel adventure, a trip through the heart of Africa, where the pair found a lot of courage and friendship in the midst of the crippling poverty of this war-torn continent.

Even though Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have just ridden from the tip of Scotland to the southern-most point of Africa across some of the most hazardous terrain on the planet, they can't afford to take a bit of time off to relax and readjust to life not on the open road.

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Travelling Stars Find Harmony in the Troubled African Lands ; Acting Friends Charley Boorman and Ewan Mcgregor Have Already Undertaken One Marathon Journey. Now the Bbc has Captured Their Latest Epic Travel Adventure, a Trip Through the Heart of Africa, Where the Pair Found a Lot of Courage and Friendship in the Midst of the Crippling Poverty of This War-Torn Continent.

"It's been extremely busy since we got back," says Ewan. "There's an awful lot of stuff you have to deal with after three months away. And we could have gone on longer. When we got to Cape T...

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