| Around The World For Free | |
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 Around The World For Free intertitle |
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| Genre | reality |
| Directed by | Zsolt Luka |
| Starring | Alex Boylan |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Burton Roberts, Alex Boylan |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | WGN America |
| Original run | April 16, 2009 – Currently Airing |
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| Official website | |
Around The World For Free aka ATWFF is an online/broadcast hybrid reality series based on the concept of whether a person can circle the globe without any money. [1]
The show follows Alex Boylan[2], winner of The Amazing Race 2, as he attempts to travel around the world without any money on hand. He travels with one cameraman Zsolt Luka and relies on local guides and inhabitants for basic needs.
The concept was created by Alex Boylan, Burton Roberts who is also the producer of Camp Reality and a cast member of Survivor: Pearl Islands and Emmy-nominated editor and director Zsolt Luka. The project was self-financed and self-produced by the trio after major networks and online portals passed on it. [3]
The first iteration of the project was hosted by Alex Boylan. He traveled around the world without any money and was aided in his quest by a social networking site created for this purpose. Alex was accompanied by Zsolt Luka who directed, filmed and edited the series on an ongoing basis. The first production season started on Sep 18, 2007, from midtown Manhattan and a kick-off on the CBS Early Show morning talk show, and ended back in New York on the same program on February 23, 2008. During the production there were bi-weekly live on-air feeds to the Early Show from the field, but there was no formal affiliation between CBS and ATWFF. [4]
Relying on strangers kindness, Boylan and Luka visited 16 countries including USA,Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Dominica,Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, India, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam) on four continents over a period of 159 days and logged 45,000 miles.
The 6-month journey was documented on the Internet in 155 webisodes. They filmed 250 hours of high-definition video during the journey. The production company approached various networks until selling the project to WGN America. [5]
In April 2009, WGN America started airing an 11-part TV version of the project in prime time. In July 2009 Sony Entertainment Television (South_Africa) brings the show to Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Lesotho and Zimbabwe. [6]
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