Pékin Express: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A French game show in which couples try to hitchhike eat and sleep with only 1€ per day as fast as possible to a destination in a far away country. Show is adapted from the dutch 2004 Peking Express show, who is adapted from the american 2001 The Amazing Race show.

Series details

• Title: Pékin Express
• Format: Game Show
• Language: French
• Genres: Adventure, Travel
• Premiere date: 2006-01-15
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: M6
• Network country: France
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 46463
• IMDb ID: tt1560363
• TVDB ID: 204971

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-01-15; final listed air date 2006-04-01; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-03-20; final listed air date 2007-05-22; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2008-01-22; final listed air date 2008-04-15; episode order: 13.
• Season 4: premiered 2009-04-24; final listed air date 2009-07-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 5: premiered 2010-04-13; final listed air date 2010-06-29; episode order: 12.
• Season 6: premiered 2010-11-06; final listed air date 2010-12-25; episode order: 8.
• Season 7: premiered 2011-04-20; final listed air date 2011-07-06; episode order: 12.
• Season 8: premiered 2012-04-25; final listed air date 2012-07-11; episode order: 12.
• Season 9: premiered 2013-04-03; final listed air date 2013-06-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 10: premiered 2014-04-16; final listed air date 2014-06-18; episode order: 10.
• Season 11: premiered 2018-07-12; final listed air date 2018-09-05; episode order: 9.
• Season 12: premiered 2019-07-18; final listed air date 2019-09-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 13: premiered 2020-02-25; final listed air date 2020-04-07; episode order: 6.
• Season 14: premiered 2021-02-23; final listed air date 2021-04-27; episode order: 10.
• Season 15: premiered 2022-02-10; final listed air date 2022-04-14; episode order: 10.
• Season 16: premiered 2022-07-06; final listed air date 2022-08-10; episode order: 6.
• Season 17: premiered 2023-02-16; final listed air date 2023-04-20.
• Season 18: premiered 2024-02-08; final listed air date 2024-05-04.
• Season 19: premiered 2024-09-14; final listed air date 2024-10-19.
• Season 20: premiered 2025-01-16; final listed air date 2025-04-05.
• Season 21: premiered 2025-11-07; final listed air date 2025-12-19.
• Season 22: premiered 2026-03-05; final listed air date 2026-05-22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Pékin Express on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.