Race Across the World
Race Across the World is a British television competition programme, in which teams of two race across an area of the world to be the fastest to reach their destination using any method of transport other than a plane.[2] The programme is broadcast on BBC Two and narrated by John Hannah.[3]
The first series, consisting of six episodes, was aired from 3 March to 7 April 2019. On 9 July 2019, BBC confirmed that a second and third series has been commissioned for BBC Two.[4] It was also announced on 3 October 2019 that a celebrity spin-off series would be aired on BBC One,[5] but the production has been delayed due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.[6] The second series consists of nine episodes, with the opening episode broadcast on 8 March 2020
Format
The programme follows pairs of competitors racing around the world to be the first to reach the final destination. In the first series, the race started from London and finished in Singapore. The competitors cannot fly but were each given a money belt containing an amount of money equivalent to a one-way plane ticket to their final destination, which they can use to travel by land or by sea. The money pays for all the cost of the travel including food and accommodation, but they may work to earn money along the way. The competitors may not have any mobile electronic devices or credit cards at the start of the race, but were given a world map, a GPS device to track their progress and for safety as well as finding the checkpoints, and a travel guide with local job adverts, in addition to the money. In every episode, the teams were given a checkpoint they had to reach. One team may be eliminated if they come last at a pre-determined checkpoint. At each checkpoint, the racers were given a 36-hour break. The first team to reach the final destination win a cash prize of £20,000.[3]
Production
Before the race, two assistant producers conducted a recce research trip to assess the feasibility of such a journey within the budget constraints. All likely bus and train journeys were assessed beforehand. Visas were applied for the countries along all possible routes before the race as well as any necessary vaccinations for these countries.[3]
During the race, each team had two film crew members who travelled along with them. All decisions, however, were made by the racers and the crew cannot interfere with their choices. A director of photography travelled behind the teams for additional location filming. To ensure the safety of the racers, there may be local fixers and security advisers who observed the racers from a distance, and medical support vehicle also travelled an hour behind the team in some countries.[8][9]
The programme was commissioned by David Brindley and Michael Jochnowitz for BBC 2.[3]
The first series of Race Across the World first aired on BBC Two from 3 March to 7 April 2019.[2] Five pairs of racers travelled from the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London and finishing at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. The itinerary of the race covered countries in Europe and Asia with checkpoints in Greece, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, China and Cambodia. In the first series, the contestants were each given £1,329 for the whole race, a journey of 12,000 miles which was completed in 50 days.[8] One pair withdrew in the first episode for family reasons to be replaced by Elaine and Tony, and one pair was eliminated in the second episode. The winners were Elaine and Tony.[10]
The series was the most successful debut for a factual entertainment show on BBC Two in over three years, and one of the most-watched shows of the year for the channel.[11]
Series 2 (2020)
A second series began airing on 8 March 2020 with five teams setting off from Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City in a race to the most southerly city in the world, Ushuaia in Argentina, covering a distance of 25,000 km in 2 months, passing through 7 checkpoints in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Chile.[1] Each racer was given £1,453 for the whole trip, roughly £26 per day. Filming started in September 2019.
In this series, the no-fly rule was broken due to civil unrest in Ecuador which made land travel through the country unsafe - all the teams were flown from Colombia to Peru to continue the race. No one was eliminated this series after a team decided to quit the race having lost half their money. The winners were Emon and Jamiul.[12]
The number of episodes increased to nine this series, eight episodes on the race with one final reunion episode.
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