Notorious DIT provided the mobile workflow for Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s latest adventure, The Long Way Home, for Apple TV+.
Today, Apple TV released the eagerly awaited new season of the Emmy Award-nominated, motorcycle adventure series Long Way, titled, Long Way home. This 10-episode journey follows Ewan and Charley as they ride refurbished vintage motorbikes from Ewan’s home in Scotland to Charley’s in England – but rather than take the shortest route, they go the long way! The duo head across the North Sea to Scandinavia, all the way up to the Arctic Circle and then down to the Baltics and through continental Europe, before eventually hopping back over the English Channel two months later.
So, technically speaking, how does a high-stakes production such as this, get to screens so seamlessly? Well, in a world where footage can be captured anywhere but needs to be delivered everywhere, Notorious DIT’s team set out on one of their most ambitious missions to date. Fifteen countries. Nine weeks. One relentless road. The NDIT crew wasn’t just following the journey, they were the backbone of it. Tasked with full digital imaging, on-the-fly data management, and daily rushes processing, NDIT had to rethink what it means to be a DIT, data manager, and lab operation in motion.
This wasn’t a job where you parked the van and set up a station. This was digital media logistics on wheels – a turnkey post-production system custom-designed to function while moving, adapting in real-time to weather, terrain, bandwidth, and schedule changes. With a smart, mobile workflow, rushes were safely backed up, QC’d, transcoded, and delivered to post teams in London within 24 hours of capture – no matter the time zone, location, or connectivity challenges.
Through spectacular scenery, and along some of the greatest driving roads in the world, Notorious DIT operated seamlessly – processing footage from the back of a vehicle, using a self-contained rig that balanced speed, reliability, and redundancy. The team’s work remained invisible, but essential. When you see the story unfold on screen, what you don’t see is the silent race behind it: moving terabytes of data across continents without skipping a frame.
Notorious DIT’s Ram Tripahti summed it up perfectly, saying, “it was one of the most challenging – and rewarding – jobs we’ve ever taken on, but the long way didn’t slow us down.”
Once the journey wrapped, the project moved seamlessly through the Molinare Creative Group ecosystem, landing with the team at Molinare for full post. Graded by the talented Ross Baker and Carlotta Rio, working alongside Re-Recording Mixers Tristan Powell and Helen Miles. The end result speaks for itself. Give it a watch.
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