Race Across the World

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2025
Season 5
9 episodes

Reality
Documentary

Summary

No flights, no phones - and one high-stakes, low-budget race to the finish. On a globe-spanning adventure of a lifetime, which pair will cross the line first?

Episode 3: Episode 3

Summary

In the third leg, 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. As race leaders Elizabeth and Letitia check out, ex-married couple Yin and Gaz have only just made it in, having been stuck on the mainland unable to cross. With an almighty 44-hour gap between first and last place, Yin and Gaz know they have a mountain to climb to remain in the race, but are determined to come out for leg three fighting

Review

Jane Rackham

This is the last time we’ll see all the teams together, because the pair who end up in fifth place on this leg will be eliminated. For, I think, the first time ever, however, as the race leaders leave the second checkpoint, the bottom pair are only just arriving. “We’re so bad at this,” they shrug good-naturedly.

Speed is essential as they travel to the next checkpoint near Tibet but one person leaves their money belt behind and another pair go in the wrong direction, while trains are missed, tempers get frayed, and many must splash their dwindling cash.The final few minutes as three pairs sprint to the hotel checkpoint are thrillingly tense — and impossible to second guess.

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming

BBC iPlayer

Details

Released on

2025-05-07

Languages

English

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Colour

Credits

Crew

rolenameNarratorJohn HannahProducerNiamh KearneyProducerMila ArozProducerTominiyi OnagoruwaProducerSabeh BaliDirectorSabeh BaliProducerNicola BarnesDirectorNicola BarnesProducerMichael PerryDirectorMichael PerryProducerGeorgina SharmaDirectorGeorgina SharmaProducerMarcin WawroDirectorMarcin WawroProducerJoe CumminsEditorStephen BrownEditorJonathan StirlingEditorJonathan ShawEditorAlasdair KillinSeries producerCharlotte JacobsSeries producerPhilip McCreeryDirectorAlex MucadumExecutive producerRob FisherExecutive producerTim HarcourtExecutive producerBenjamin LeighExecutive producerLucy Curtis

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Episode 9

The Reunion

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Episode 8

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Episode 7

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Episode 6

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Episode 5

Episode 5

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Episode 4

Episode 4

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Episode 3

Episode 3

Summary

In the third leg, 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. As race leaders Elizabeth and Letitia check out, ex-married couple Yin and Gaz have only just made it in, having been stuck on the mainland unable to cross. With an almighty 44-hour gap between first and last place, Yin and Gaz know they have a mountain to climb to remain in the race, but are determined to come out for leg three fighting

Review

Jane Rackham

This is the last time we’ll see all the teams together, because the pair who end up in fifth place on this leg will be eliminated. For, I think, the first time ever, however, as the race leaders leave the second checkpoint, the bottom pair are only just arriving. “We’re so bad at this,” they shrug good-naturedly.

Speed is essential as they travel to the next checkpoint near Tibet but one person leaves their money belt behind and another pair go in the wrong direction, while trains are missed, tempers get frayed, and many must splash their dwindling cash.The final few minutes as three pairs sprint to the hotel checkpoint are thrillingly tense — and impossible to second guess.

How to watch

Next showing

There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming provider below.

Streaming
- BBC iPlayer
Details

Released on

2025-05-07

Languages

English

Formats

Colour

Credits

Crew

rolenameNarratorJohn HannahProducerNiamh KearneyProducerMila ArozProducerTominiyi OnagoruwaProducerSabeh BaliDirectorSabeh BaliProducerNicola BarnesDirectorNicola BarnesProducerMichael PerryDirectorMichael PerryProducerGeorgina SharmaDirectorGeorgina SharmaProducerMarcin WawroDirectorMarcin WawroProducerJoe CumminsEditorStephen BrownEditorJonathan StirlingEditorJonathan ShawEditorAlasdair KillinSeries producerCharlotte JacobsSeries producerPhilip McCreeryDirectorAlex MucadumExecutive producerRob FisherExecutive producerTim HarcourtExecutive producerBenjamin LeighExecutive producerLucy Curtis

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Episode 1

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