Race Across The World 2025 starting point and teams revealed
The Great Wall of China is the starting point of this year's epic race. Five teams must navigate three of Asia's most diverse nations, China, Nepal and India, in a race of over 14,000km to reach the finish line, Kanniyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.
The teams include: sisters, Elizabeth and Letitia; former married couple, Yin and Gaz, brothers, Brian and Melvyn; teenage couple, Fin and Sioned and mother and son, Caroline and Tom.
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Racing across vast distances without smartphones or bank cards, and armed only with cash equating to the cost of flying the route, our teams will be pushed to their absolute limits. Only one team can claim victory over the others and win the cash prize of £20,000.
Race Across the World, is a 9x60' series produced by Studio Lambert for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The series was commissioned by Catherine Catton, Head of Commissioning, Factual Entertainment and Events and the BBC Commissioning Editor is Jasmyn McGuile. Tim Harcourt, Lucy Curtis, Rob Fisher and Benjamin Leigh are the Executive Producers for Studio Lambert. Kezia Walker is Senior Production Executive and Maria Kennedy is Senior Line Producer for Studio Lambert.
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