Challenge Shows

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 09 Description After a thrilling third series of the Bafta-winning adventure, our five pairs return to reflect on their epic, once-in-a-lifetime race across Canada. Tonight, they reunite for the first time since the race ended to reveal fascinating insights into their different strategies and individual experiences, from their […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 01 Description Five teams attempt to race 16,000 km across the second-largest country in the world, Canada. Without smartphones, internet access or credit cards, and armed only with the cash equivalent of the airfare to fly the route, their ingenuity and determination will be tested to the extreme […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 02 Description The race continued from Tlell in the Haida Gwaii archipelago to former gold rush town of Dawson City almost 2000km to the north, in the Yukon.[10] At the start of the second leg, all five teams had to backtrack to Prince Rupert on the mainland using […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 03 Description The race to St John’s continues as the five pairs leave the gold rush boom town of Dawson City and head south to the third checkpoint, 2,700 km away in the province of Alberta – the picturesque resort town of Banff. Perched in the Rocky Mountains, […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 04 Description Five teams have been set the challenge to race across the breadth of Canada, passing through seven checkpoints, taking them from the Pacific coastline to the edge of the Arctic and the shores of the Great Lakes, ending up at their final destination on the Atlantic […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 05 Description It’s the halfway point in the race across Canada. As the teams take to the ice flows of Hudson Bay, they cross from the province of Manitoba to the territory of Nunavut, an area the size of western Europe, inhabited by the Inuit. The ice is […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 06 Description In the sixth leg of the race, the pairs must brush up on their language skills, as the next stop is in Quebec, the heart of French-speaking Canada and the capital of its largest province. To get there, the teams must navigate Canada’s most densely inhabited […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 07 Description Just two more legs remain. After starting the race 41 days ago on Canada’s Pacific coast, the teams now have the Atlantic within their reach – lapping the shores of the seventh checkpoint at the seaside town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. To reach it, they head […]

Race Across the World Season 03 Episode 08 Description The third series of the Bafta-winning Race Across the World reaches its epic climax tonight as one lucky team crosses the finish line in first place, claiming the £20,000 cash prize and the title of Race Across the World champions. Forty-six days ago, five teams embarked […]