"Across the Line has been a cracker of a series: funny, engaging
and enterprising, not least because of the interplay between the two
very different personalities of Gavin Harte and Patricia Mooney. Their
£25-a-day trek overland from Dublin to Australia stepped
outside convention again and again."

Emmanuel Kehoe, The Sunday Business Post

Eight part travel series following two members of the public travelling overland from Dublin to Australia on a budget of £25 a day.

Programme 1 - Dublin to Istanbul
Dublin to Darwin overland on £25 a day. 7000 people applied, 2 were successful. With a dash across Europe, Dublin nurse Patricia Mooney & Cork musician Gavin Harte begin their epic journey from Ireland to Australia.

Programme 2 - Turkey to Azerbaijan
Leaving Europe behind, Patricia Mooney & Gavin Harte head for the chaos of Georgia. This week - shooting lessons on the night bus to Tbilisi as they travel from Turkey to the Caspian Sea.

Programme 3 - Turkmenistan to Kyrgyzstan
Patricia & Gavin follow the Trans Caspian Railroad into Uzbekistan where they visit the fabled cities of Bukhara and Samarkand. They swim in sulphur springs deep under the Turkmenistan desert and trek for 6 days through the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan before heading south into the Himalayas and China.

Programme 4 - Crisis in Kyrgyzstan
Crisis as Gavin and Patricia are refused entry into China over a remote mountain pass. To go back means a 5,000 mile detour. They also face the highest border crossing in the world and a two day ride on the back of a truck along the precipitous Karakoram Highway into Pakistan where they visit the lawless tribal areas and Darra, a village devoted to the manufacture of guns and hashish.

Programme 5 - Damp Days in India
India is swept by monsoon rains as Patricia and Gavin discover ancient erotic temples and the first chocolate cake for 5000 miles. Other highlights of India including two nights sleeping on the floor of the famous Golden Temple of Amritsar before they head down the Ganges to Varanasi where pilgrims come from all over the world to bathe in the river's sacred waters.

Programme 6 - Thailand
Gavin & Patricia check out the highlights and lowlights of Bangkok before taking a sleeper train south to the spectacular Gulf of Thailand. Here they sail through some of Asia's most remarkable scenery and spend time with the sea gypsies in their village built on stilts over the sea.

Programme 7 - Singapore & Indonesia
From Singapore the pair head south into Indonesia and the huge island of Sumatra - home to some of the world's most magnificent rainforest. They are now on a race against time, for waiting in Jakarta is their only chance of getting to Darwin by sea - a yacht heading home to Australia.

Programme 8 - The Home Run to Darwin.
After 100 days on the road, Patricia & Gavin arrive in Jakarta on the appointed day to pick up their boat ride to Darwin. They sign on as crewmembers on Rushcutter 2, a yacht returning home to Australia after three months sailing the Indonesian islands. But there is still 2000 miles of sailing ahead and what they thought would take 8 relaxed days, turns into an 18 day marathon.

Directed by Brian Hayes
Filmed and Produced by John Murray
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