Around the World For Free
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| Genre | Reality Television |
| Created by | Alex Boylan, Zsolt Luka, Burton Roberts |
| Directed by | Zsolt Luka |
| Starring | Season 1 Alex Boylan Season 2 Jeff Schroeder Season 3 Parvati Shallow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Burton Roberts, Alex Boylan |
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| Original network | Previous WGN America, Current CBS |
| Original release | April 16, 2009 – October 14, 2011 |
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Around The World For Free a.k.a. ATWFF was an online/broadcast hybrid reality series based on the concept of whether a person can circle the globe without any money. The show follows a reality star, as they attempt to travel around the world without any money on hand. They travel with one cameraman Zsolt Luka and rely on local guides and inhabitants for basic needs.
The concept was created by Alex Boylan, Emmy-nominated editor and director Zsolt Luka, and Burton Roberts, who is also the producer of Camp Reality and was a cast member on Survivor: Pearl Islands. The project was self-financed and self-produced by the trio after major networks and online portals passed on it.
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. Executive Produced by Alex Boylan, Burton Roberts and Co-Executive Produced by Andrew Bishop, 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 City 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.
Relying on strangers' kindness, Boylan and Luka visited 16 countries including United States, 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.
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