Far From Home: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Throughout the world, aspiring winter athletes struggling with little support from their country put their lives, financial assets, and time on the line in hopes to compete and represent their country on the most significant competition stage in the world: the Winter Olympics. 

This documentary series follows six of the worlds most unlikely Winter Olympic athletes as they strive to break barriers and make history for their respective nations. From the Caribbean to the Himalayas, South America to the Middle East, these athletes share the dream of walking into the Olympic arena with the whole world watching as their country's flag waves above them. This is the story of their inspiration. This is their journey.

Series details

• Title: Far From Home
• Format: Documentary
• Genres: Sports
• Premiere date: 2018-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-02-05
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Olympic Channel
• Typical episode runtime: 27 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 81884
• IMDb ID: tt6977494

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-02-05; final listed air date 2018-02-05; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Far From Home on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.