Race Across the World

  • Premiered: Mar 2019
  • Episodes: 41
  • Followers: 41
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Wednesday at 21
  • Documentary Game show Reality Travel

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Season 5
5x1
Episode 1
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 23, 2025
Five intrepid duos are tasked with undertaking the trip of a lifetime, racing over 14,000km across the world’s largest continent, Asia, taking in three of its nations – China, Nepal and India.
5x2
Episode 2
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 30, 2025
The teams race to reach the second checkpoint – Sanya, one of China's most southerly cities. As well as choosing the best route to get there, they have a typhoon to contend with.
5x3
Episode 3
Episode overview
Air date
May 07, 2025
The five pairs are challenged to race from the island checkpoint of Sanya to the mysterious Shangri-La – a city sitting on the edge of the Tibetan plateau towards the foothills of the Himalayas.
5x4
Episode 4
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Air date
May 14, 2025
After reaching Shangri-La in China, the teams discover where they’re headed next – one of the world’s oldest living cities, Varanasi.
5x5
Episode 5
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Air date
May 21, 2025
After journeying through China and Nepal, the teams have reached northern India. Ahead of them is a journey of 1,500km north west of Varanasi to the fifth checkpoint, McLeod Ganj.
5x6
Episode 6
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Air date
May 28, 2025
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5x7
Episode 7
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Air date
Jun 04, 2025
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5x8
The Final
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Air date
Jun 11, 2025
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