Race Across the World: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Race Across the World will pit pairs of travellers against each other in a race to reach the Far East without taking a single flight, with no smartphone in sight. Each contestant will only have the cash equivalent of an air fare to their destination to pay for their overland travel. If they run out, they'll need to earn more.

Series details

• Title: Race Across the World
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Adventure, Travel
• Premiere date: 2019-03-03
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 38356
• IMDb ID: tt9909248
• TVDB ID: 360116

Cast and credited roles

• John Hannah — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-03-03; final listed air date 2019-04-07; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2020-03-08; final listed air date 2020-05-03; episode order: 9.
• Season 3: premiered 2023-03-22; final listed air date 2023-05-10; episode order: 9.
• Season 4: premiered 2024-04-10; final listed air date 2024-05-29; episode order: 9.
• Season 5: premiered 2025-04-23; final listed air date 2025-06-18; episode order: 9.
• Season 6: premiered 2026-04-02; final listed air date 2026-05-21; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

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