18 Wheels Across America
| 18 Wheels Across America | |
|---|---|
| Genre | travel documentary |
| Presented by | Dawid Andres |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language | Polish |
| No. of series | 5[1] |
| No. of episodes | 46[2] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 32 minutes (from seasons 1 to 2)[1] 42 minutes (from seasons 3 to 5)[1] |
| Production company | Discovery Channel Poland |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel Poland TVN |
| Release | January 1, 2017 – December 15, 2022 |
18 Wheels Across America[a] is a Polish-language travel documentary produced by Discovery Channel Poland and distributed by Discovery Channel Poland and TVN, with Dawid Andres as the progremme host. It focuses on Andres's travels across the United States in his semi-trailer truck.[1] The series premiered on January 1, 2017. In total, the show has 5 seasons and 46 episodes. The last episode of the 5th season aired on 15 December 2022.[2][1] It also has six spin-off miniseries.
Plot
[edit]The series focuses on Dawid Andres, a truck driver and traveler, who with his semi-trailer truck transport goods across the United States, while visiting various points of interest during his travels.[1][3]
Episodes
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 2017 |
| 2 | 10 | 2018 |
| 3 | 10 | 2018 |
| 4 | 9 | 2021 |
| 5 | 9 | 2022 |
Spin-offs
[edit]The series has six one-season spin-off miniseries.
18 Wheels Across Route 66
[edit]18 Wheels Across Route 66[b][4] focuses on Andres's travel in his semi-trailer truck from Chicago to Los Angeles on the U.S. Route 66.[5] It premiered in 2019 and has 7 episodes.[6]
18 Wheels Across Vietnam
[edit]18 Wheels Across Vietnam[c] focuses on Andres's travel across Vietnam, in his semi-trailer truck from Hanoi, through Ho Chi Minh City, to the Mekong Delta region. It premiered in 2019 and has 9 episodes, each lasting 44 minutes.[7]
18 Wheels Across Indonesia
[edit]18 Wheels Across Indonesia[d] focuses on Andres's travel in his semi-trailer truck in Indonesia. It premiered in 2019 and has 9 episodes, each lasting 42 minutes.[8]
18 Wheels Across Africa
[edit]18 Wheels Across Africa[e][9] focuses on Andres's travel in his semi-trailer truck in Kenya and Uganda.[10] It premiered in 2020 and has 9 episodes, each lasting 42 minutes.[11]
Ciężarówką przez RPA
[edit]Ciężarówką przez RPA,[f] is focused on Andres's travel in his semi-trailer truck in South Africa. It premiered in 2023, and has 8 episodes, each lasting 42 minutes.[12][13][14]
Ciężarówka przez Australię
[edit]Ciężarówka przez Australię[g] is focused on Andres's travel in his semi-trailer truck in Australia. It premiered in 2024, and had 8 episodes.[15]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Polish: Ciężarówką przez Stany, literally: With truck across the States
- ^ Polish: Ciężarówką przez Route 66, literally: with truck across the Route 66
- ^ Polish: Ciężarówką przez Wietnam, literally: with truck across Vietnam
- ^ Polish: Ciężarówką przez Indonezję, literally: with truck across Indonesia
- ^ Polish: Ciężarówką przez Afrykę, literally: with truck across Africa
- ^ translation from Polish: with truck across South Africa
- ^ translation from Polish: with truck across Australia
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "18 Wheels Across America". distribution.tvn.pl.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ciężarówką przez Stany". player.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Stany". tvnturbo.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Route 66". telemagazyn.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Route 66". tvnturbo.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Route 66". telemagazyn.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "18 Wheels Across Vietnam". distribution.tvn.pl.
- ^ "18 Wheels Across Indonesia". distribution.tvn.pl.
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Afrykę". telemagazyn.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Afrykę". tvnturbo.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Afrykę". programtv.onet.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Tym razem ruszamy z Dawidem Andresem 'Ciężarówką przez RPA'!". ttv.pl (in Polish). July 5, 2023.
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez RPA". telemagazyn.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez RPA". player.pl (in Polish).
- ^ "Ciężarówką przez Australię - seria 1". tvnturbo.pl (in Polish).
- 2020s Polish television series
- 2017 Polish television series debuts
- Discovery Channel original programming
- Television shows filmed in the United States
- 2010s travel television series
- 2020s travel television series
- Polish documentary television series
- 2010s documentary television series
- 2020s documentary television series
- TVN (Polish TV channel) original programming
- Polish-language television shows