FORMATS 2024
Race Across the World
How would you race across the world ... if you couldn ’ t fly ?
In this real-world adventure format , five teams of two are racing from point A to B … without flying . Each team must travel across the globe by whatever means they can . With no phones to help them and only the price of a flight ticket in their pocket , it ’ s set to be the ultimate globe-trotting expedition . Who will make it in the quickest time and win a big cash prize ?
Along the way , the teams will be racing through the world ’ s most beautiful scenery , getting help from friendly locals and immersing themselves in a kaleidoscope of different cultures . This journey will take the teams through multiple countries – so they ’ ll need to learn how to communicate , eat what the locals eat , and find a way to navigate across mountains , deserts , seas and cities quickly and cheaply . This is a race which relies on making quick decisions , a challenge which calls for spontaneity , authenticity and the ability to find the unique in the most remote corners of the world . Do they have what it takes ?
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Duration 1 hr
Originally produced by Studio Lambert for BBC Two , UK
Produced in UK , Germany , Denmark , Finland , Sweden , Norway , the Netherlands and one other territory soon to be announced
Highlights
• BAFTA-winning format with over 100 episodes produced in seven countries
• Season 1 launched in Finland in Q1 2024
• Season 1 commissioned in Germany and Norway
• Denmark season 5 commissioned
• UK celebrity season 2 launched
• UK season 4 achieved an incredible 28-day consolidated figure of 7.1 million for episodes one and two , the biggest BBC factual title of the first half of the year with over 3m / 44 % viewing the show on BBC iPlayer , making it the 5 th biggest show on iPlayer
Interactive
• Puzzle book and board game