<p><b>* NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON ALL 4 *</b><br><b><br>‘This is a fabulous adventure – reckless, insanely ambitious and filled with sweat, tears and laughter ... irresistible reading.’ Joanna Lumley </b><br><br><b>‘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. By its end we have learned more about the world and ourselves.’ Dan Snow</b><b><br>_____________________</b><b>_____________________</b><b>_____________________</b><br><br><b>‘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.</b>&l
