{"product_id":"9781789294637-last-overland","title":"The Last Overland","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSingapore to London: The Return Journey of the Iconic Land Rover Expedition (with a foreword by Tim Slessor)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Overland\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable story of filmmaker and historian Alex Bescoby’s journey to recreate the iconic First Overland expedition made in 1956 in the original ‘Oxford’ Land Rover and the story behind the All4 documentary series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* NOW A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON ALL 4 *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is a fabulous adventure – reckless, insanely ambitious and filled with sweat, tears and laughter . irresistible reading.’ Joanna Lumley \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1955, Attenborough, then a young TV producer, was approached by six recent university graduates determined to\u003cb\u003e drive the entire length of ‘Eurasia’, from London to Singapore\u003c\/b\u003e. 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. \u003cb\u003eThe 19,000-mile journey\u003c\/b\u003e completed by Tim Slessor and the team captivated a nation emerging from postwar austerity. Tim’s book, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe First Overland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, soon became the bible of the overlanding religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired 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 \u003cb\u003ein the original ‘Oxford’ Land Rover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40405710930017,"sku":"9781789294637","price":16.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29761307.jpg?v=1726073540","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781789294637-last-overland","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}