Free Ride: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This all-new adventure series follows survivalist and green enthusiast Rob Greenfield as he embarks on an epic journey with a truly fearless plan - to trek across South America with no money. That's no cash, no credit cards and nothing set up in advance of his arrival in Rio de Janeiro.

Travelling with him will be British filmmaker, James Levelle, documenting every step of their journey together and attempting to live by Rob's philosophy that you can you travel the world relying on just your ingenuity and the kindness of strangers.

Rob and James have given themselves 72 days to cross over 9,000 kilometres – but just how far will they get without any money to their names? Each day is a challenge to secure food, shelter and transportation, even when the temptation is to stop, relax and soak up their beautiful surroundings.

With Rob's more casual approach to planning, tensions heat up between him and James, as their differing approaches to survival and progressing in their challenge come to the fore. From cooking, cleaning and construction in exchange for food and shelter, to sleeping under the stars on roadsides and truck stops, and even working as cowboys on a Gaucho farm and finding a secret community of Mennonites, Rob and James are determined to succeed.

But when faced with language barriers, extreme culture clashes, violent storms, searing heat and punishing terrains, will they be able to convince complete strangers to lend a helping hand in his quest?

Series details

• Title: Free Ride
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Travel
• Premiere date: 2016-05-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Discovery
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18315
• IMDb ID: tt5813156
• TVDB ID: 311962

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2016-05-18; final listed air date 2016-06-22; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Free Ride 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.