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The Last Overland: Singapore to London

The Last Overland: Singapore to London

21,000km, 23 countries and one very old car.

Find out what happened when Grammar recreated the greatest road trip of all time in a 4 episode series on All4 launching October 2022.

Read the full behind the scenes story from Alex Bescoby, launching 29th September 2022 and available for pre-order now.

"A marvellous piece of history." BBC News

IN 1955, six young graduates from Oxford & Cambridge set out to make history by being the first to drive 19,000 miles overland from London to Singapore. Many had tried, all had failed. But after six months of hard slog this team finally made it, and a bedazzled young BBC producer, David Attenborough, commissioned a TV series to share their incredible adventure with a post-war-weary British public. The book written about the journey – The First Overland – has never been out of print, and has inspired generations of adventurers since.

"Epic." The Financial Times

Many years later, (now Sir) David paid tribute in a special programme to mark “this wonderful journey”. It was a journey, however, he was sure “could not be made again today.” Attenborough’s words planted a seed in the mind of 87 year old Tim Slessor, one of the surviving ‘First Overlanders’, who was determined to prove otherwise. In 2019, backed by a team from across the world, Tim finally got his chance. So began “the mother of all road trips”, an audacious, madcap and heart-warming adventure in a 64 year old car crossing 23 countries, in which absolutely nothing went to plan right from the very start.

Services

Throughout The Last Overland Series, Grammar Productions handled various services across the TV Production, Events Management and Content Creation industries. These include:

For more information about the services Grammar Productions offers, please contact: info@grammar-productions.com