Burgess Productions’ new series titled, “ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World” premieres Nov 13th on OLN Canada. Experience the true journey of life on the global road with a team of 7 young professionals who dropped everything for the adventure of a lifetime… Tuesday at 9:00pm EST. Episode 1, “The Launch”, kicks off the 13-part character-based adventure series.

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) November 9, 2007 — Burgess Productions’ new series titled, “ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World” premieres Nov 13th on OLN Canada. Experience the true journey of life on the global road with a team of 7 young professionals who dropped everything for the adventure of a lifetime… Tuesday at 9:00pm EST. Episode 1, “The Launch”, kicks off the 13-part character-based adventure series.

Equipped with 3 specialized Land Rovers, 7 adventure-hungry team members depart from California on year-long, 41,000-mile expedition through tropical jungles, scorching deserts, and snow covered peaks. Watch tensions run high in Panama when the team is stuck on the side of the road. Spend New Years Eve in Guayaquil, Ecuador where they explode effigies with the locals, and see what happens when the team runs out of gas in the Atacama Desert (Chile). They are the first foreigners to cross Myanmar (Burma) in over 50 years. But driving the world is not always smooth sailing. They get detained in India, deported from China and sent back into Pakistan. In Episode 11 they meet personally with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India, where he wishes the team good luck on their journey. Venturing to the far corners of the globe, through 26 different countries, the team members find their minds and spirits pushed to the limits.

“When we got to East India, we were under armed guard due to the separatist activity there. At one point, we had 23 guards with machine guns and three armoured vehicles with top-mounted guns with us.” - Adam Burgess Producer/Director

See images, journals and route details about their adventure on the homepage.

Produced & Directed by Adam Burgess
Guest Appearances include travel writer Rolf Potts, actor Michael J. Fox, and director of The Titanic James Cameron.
Narrated by UK’s “GAZ” of Chiltern FM radio

Watch Odyssey: Driving Around the World on , OLN Canada, The Extreme Sports Channel UK (Sky 419 Virgin 527), National Geographic Adventure Channel, Drive TV Russia and soon on LifeOne UK(Sky 197)