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Race Across the World S06E01 (2026)
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00:00:04Oh
00:00:39Oh
00:00:40My god
00:01:10Palermo where tourists traffic and tradition jostle for space under the Sicilian Sun
00:01:21Swinging between chaos and beauty this Italian city has been conquered more times than any other in Europe
00:01:30Today five teams are setting out to attain a victory of their own
00:01:34That's a view and a half that you know screensaver vibes
00:01:39Descending to the baroque church of san giuseppe de teatini
00:01:48Best friends joe and kush looks like a video game now those look like san anderson
00:01:55I
00:01:56Think skulls is the perfect people to jump we're not shy to like say hello to someone on the street
00:02:01You'll say oh baby
00:02:04See you're right there love you have a proper little like
00:02:07There's a charm about the scouts or anything. I want to swim in the sea look how pretty it is
00:02:11On the race we're definitely going to use our scouts charm to our best ability
00:02:17The timing of the race is like so perfect because we want one more side because we're gonna come back
00:02:23with so much independence afterwards bro
00:02:25Character build before we go into the adult world
00:02:29The only thing the other contestants will have over us is experience
00:02:34Winning is our priority however i'm gonna be stressed to the max
00:02:40Which is good because i don't stress a lot like i should be
00:02:45I was packing my bags until like half 12 last night like literally last last minute
00:02:51chaos
00:02:53chaos
00:02:55Also making their way
00:02:57Look at the head
00:02:58Almost as big as yours wow
00:03:01Katie and her older brother harrison you see this pace we're walking up yeah
00:03:06We're gonna need to be quicker than this harrison loves to plan he thrives off planning like i think it
00:03:12gives him a kick
00:03:13I'm a lot more laid back
00:03:15We can't just go oh we'll go here and then we'll see what happens we could do that
00:03:19We could do that but that is a possibility we could we could oh my gosh look at the mountain
00:03:26You've got to have some sort of plan in place to reach your final destination you're not just gonna waltz
00:03:31and end up there
00:03:31We might right okay there you go that's why it's that's why it might work and it might not work
00:03:38That's so cute oh look at the little trinkets yeah no we're not doing any of this we're not racing
00:03:44like we need these to
00:03:47Kickstart morale
00:03:49We've always lived at home together and we do everything together pubs football going for a dance going for a
00:03:55sing we love
00:03:56Going for a sing. Yeah. Oh wow look at that
00:04:00Wow
00:04:01Throughout our whole lives we've always been there for each other we've lived in 14 different homes
00:04:07Which was quite tough, but we've always been the one constant in each other's lives I say
00:04:13I'm yet to see a custard cream one thing who needs a custard cream when you have cannoli it's yeah,
00:04:19not of course the creamer
00:04:27The teams must surrender their phones and bank cards look after these okay of course
00:04:32This is for you
00:04:34You should probably take that yeah equipped only with a gps tracker and a world map
00:04:42Am I am?
00:04:44Yeah, that's for you as well
00:04:45Yeah, that's a lot yeah
00:04:46Arrivederci
00:04:47Arrivederci thank you
00:04:48Do I need to set them off you as well?
00:04:50Yeah, you probably do
00:04:53Oh look at this you know it's all tectonic plates so this thing has all been crushed together and pushed
00:04:58up
00:04:58I think that's how the island was formed and this is where kim kardash got married
00:05:05Cruising towards the starting line
00:05:07It might bore you being a geography teacher just shut me up, okay?
00:05:10Oh yeah
00:05:12Andrew and his eldest daughter molly
00:05:15I'd be very good if I have to go to a place a second time
00:05:17I'm very good at remembering where to go
00:05:20So what do you want to do race around the world twice?
00:05:22My problem twice, can we?
00:05:25We've got the port area so we must be coming in the land
00:05:29We're from a small town in county dairy
00:05:31Well everybody knows each other absolutely everybody knows each other
00:05:34My daddy teaches in the only school in our town
00:05:37It's always oh you're mr clifford's daughter
00:05:39I'll be clifford's daughter for the rest of my life
00:05:42Absolutely
00:05:42I hope my love of timetables and bus timetables
00:05:46You are so regimented oh my goodness this could be a problem
00:05:50Molly understands how I operate and understands I have a bit of a control freak
00:05:55Yeah, sometimes daddy's a bit like his way or the highway so like
00:05:59I'm a junior doctor I'm able to give out antibiotics in a hospital
00:06:02But like I'm not allowed to grow the grass like I'm still a child in his eyes
00:06:06You are still a child
00:06:08This is for you
00:06:10Thank you very much
00:06:11Thank you very much
00:06:12Thank you
00:06:14Rosh look looks like a cathedral
00:06:16Yeah it's got a cross on its own
00:06:18Ready to race
00:06:19Trainee anaesthetist Pooja and her cousin software engineer Roshni
00:06:25How are you feeling?
00:06:26You know when you're about to sit your final exam
00:06:28Yeah
00:06:29And you feel like kind of butterflies in your stomach
00:06:33I feel like this is the biggest exam of our life
00:06:35Do you feel it?
00:06:36Yeah, but I feel like you've prepped quite a bit
00:06:38Like you've been revising for a while
00:06:39I've done an overnight job
00:06:42Our family everyone is quite conservative
00:06:44Life is predetermined
00:06:46Like we finished university we both have stable jobs
00:06:49The family's like right now you need to find a husband
00:06:52Even though you've been told not to talk to guys for 25 years of your life
00:06:55Like go find someone
00:06:56Oh wow
00:06:58Oh that's beautiful
00:07:02Now we just want to scratch this itch we've had for the last five years
00:07:06We want to just see the world and explore
00:07:08Shall we say a prayer?
00:07:10Being in the race everything's a bit unpredictable
00:07:12You don't know what's going to get thrown at you
00:07:14So it'd be good to see how we deal with it
00:07:19What are you praying for?
00:07:20To come first
00:07:22I just asked my ankles not to break
00:07:24The rest of us
00:07:26Coloma, I always wanted to come here
00:07:28I was here last October, I cannot believe it
00:07:30Well you must have an advantage over everyone else
00:07:32Don't get over excited Mark
00:07:35Completing the line-up
00:07:36Retired architect Mark
00:07:38And clinical hypnotherapist Margo
00:07:40So Mark and I are, we are chalk and cheese
00:07:43He's very systemised and I'm very random and chaotic
00:07:47These bags are heavy aren't they?
00:07:49No
00:07:49Yes they are
00:07:50No
00:07:50Yes they are
00:07:51I don't even feel it
00:07:52If I'm perfectly honest for a lot of years I just thought he was boring
00:07:56This is fantastic isn't it
00:07:57Oh my god
00:07:58Yes
00:07:58What scares you the most about the race?
00:08:01Margo
00:08:02That's my first form of transport
00:08:04Good morning
00:08:05Buongiorno
00:08:05Buongiorno
00:08:06Buongiorno signori
00:08:07I got married to Margo's sister who I first met 40 years ago
00:08:12It seems a bit mad going with your in-law
00:08:15And sometimes I do go what am I doing?
00:08:17So do I
00:08:20Oh my god look at it
00:08:23This is what we might have had if we hadn't had the reformation Margaret
00:08:26Yeah
00:08:27We've had a very typical in-law relationship for like nearly 40 years
00:08:31In that there has been a little bit of friction
00:08:33But we worked with each other caring for my sister Julia before she passed three years ago
00:08:40It was Julia's dying wish that I make friends with Margaret
00:08:43And to build on the friendship was actually formed
00:08:46Julia both caring for her
00:08:50Goodbye
00:08:51Here is the money
00:08:52That's the money
00:08:53Margo can take that
00:08:54Hello
00:08:55Ciao
00:08:56Bye
00:08:56Ciao
00:09:01Equipped with the essentials
00:09:02Right Molly are you ready for this?
00:09:04I can't look
00:09:05Time to find out where the race will take them
00:09:07Your final destination is Hatsgal
00:09:11I have never ever heard of Hatsgal
00:09:13I have never heard of Hatsgal
00:09:14Oh what the hell
00:09:16What if we just don't find it?
00:09:18This is the end of our race
00:09:19Thanks for having us guys
00:09:21Hatsgal
00:09:21We're going to Mongolia
00:09:24We are going from here to there
00:09:26What the hell?
00:09:29That's a lot of distance
00:09:30The finish line
00:09:34Hatsgal
00:09:35On the northern edge of Mongolia
00:09:41To get there teams will traverse more than 12,000 kilometers
00:09:46Via seven checkpoints
00:09:48At each stop their next destination is revealed
00:09:52That is crazy so close
00:09:54Crossing eight countries each border a change of language and culture
00:09:59Oh my god
00:10:00There's an eagle
00:10:01This is a journey of extremes
00:10:04From sunny tourist trails and bustling bazaars
00:10:07To subarctic snowscapes and nomadic worlds
00:10:11Oh my god you have to see this
00:10:12Good morning
00:10:14They will retrace the silk road
00:10:16The trade path forged by centuries of merchants in search of fortune
00:10:21This is an adventure
00:10:24Today a reward awaits once more
00:10:27What if we made it?
00:10:29Every second counts
00:10:31For the first team across the finish line
00:10:3320,000 pounds
00:10:35Ruby Casey
00:10:40Oh my goodness
00:10:42Travel is going to be really challenging
00:10:43Challenging
00:10:43Very challenging
00:10:45To reach the finish line
00:10:461,297 pounds each
00:10:49The cost of flying the route
00:10:51That is
00:10:53That's not much
00:10:54A very small amount of money
00:10:56What?
00:10:57What is it?
00:10:5923 pounds
00:11:0016 pence each per day
00:11:03That is a tight budget
00:11:05I'll just say two for one in Italian
00:11:06That sound
00:11:07That's doable
00:11:09It's doable
00:11:09It's going to have to budget hard
00:11:13In central palermo
00:11:15Beneath its 12th century cathedral
00:11:18I'm actually really nervous
00:11:19I can't lie
00:11:20Same here
00:11:21The start line
00:11:22This is insane
00:11:26Don't lose me mark
00:11:27Here we go
00:11:29Oh god
00:11:29They're looking fit and young
00:11:31Good to meet Amargo
00:11:32Margot I'm Joel
00:11:33I come from Liverpool
00:11:33Oh no way
00:11:34Whereabouts
00:11:35I'm Lostley Hill
00:11:36I'm from Toxeneuve
00:11:37No way
00:11:37Scouts is my scouts is there
00:11:38Oh here we go
00:11:40Oh I can see them
00:11:42I think their backpacks
00:11:43Are definitely smaller than ours
00:11:44A bit warm isn't it
00:11:45Just a little bit
00:11:46Ginger
00:11:47Like
00:11:47I'm dying here
00:11:49Hello
00:11:54You alright?
00:11:55No
00:11:55But
00:11:55You're fine
00:11:56Alright
00:11:56Whenever you'll be
00:11:58There's a room for two more
00:12:02How are you?
00:12:02How are you?
00:12:04Will we get this thing started?
00:12:05Yeah
00:12:06It has to start at some time
00:12:07Good luck everybody
00:12:08Good luck
00:12:09Good luck
00:12:15We're gonna win
00:12:16I just
00:12:16I believe it
00:12:18Fully
00:12:18Like we are winning this
00:12:20There's no doubt about it in my mind
00:12:22You've got to give it all to win
00:12:24Every little decision matters
00:12:26I think Harrison will take charge
00:12:28Because he's older
00:12:29But I would actually say I'm more street smart
00:12:33We are in it to win it
00:12:34No dirty tricks
00:12:35Or good honest energy
00:12:37I'm not frightened of taking risks
00:12:39No
00:12:39No
00:12:40I'm not cautious
00:12:41I'm feeling very confident
00:12:42And very determined that we're gonna win
00:12:44We're gonna absolutely graft
00:12:46Put in blood, sweat and tears
00:12:49I see a journey
00:12:50I see an opportunity
00:12:51To do things that we've never done before
00:13:00Hey good luck everyone
00:13:01Good luck
00:13:01Yeah
00:13:03Come on
00:13:05This is it
00:13:07Come on
00:13:09We got this
00:13:10Let's go
00:13:11Let's go
00:13:13Sorry
00:13:14You alright?
00:13:15Yeah
00:13:19Just let me get my breath for a minute
00:13:23Right
00:13:24Let's figure out exactly where we're going
00:13:28First checkpoint
00:13:30Fiscado
00:13:30I have no idea
00:13:32This is exciting
00:13:33Oh
00:13:34Oh
00:13:36The first checkpoint
00:13:37Fiscado
00:13:38I know where Fiscado is
00:13:40To the east
00:13:41In the wine dark sea of the Ionian archipelago
00:13:45The Greek village of Fiscado
00:13:47Situated on the northern tip of Kefalonia
00:13:50It was once known as panormous
00:13:52Sheltered harbour
00:13:54Today
00:13:54Flashy yachts and humble fishing boats float side by side
00:13:58And visitors enjoy its neighbouring coves
00:14:01Lush forests
00:14:02And the Venetian architecture at its bustling heart
00:14:07We need to find out where Fiscado is
00:14:10Because it's not on the map
00:14:11Do you know what lad?
00:14:13Train station
00:14:13There might be a stop
00:14:14Called Fiscado
00:14:16Checkpoint
00:14:16We are coming
00:14:20A train to Fiscado would be golden buzzer
00:14:23I don't see Fiscado anyway
00:14:26You're not sure?
00:14:27I don't think you can go by train there
00:14:29I don't think this place exists
00:14:31It's like Narnia
00:14:35Excusey
00:14:35Do you know where Fiscado is?
00:14:38Oh it's in Greece
00:14:41Seems to be on an island
00:14:43Brilliant
00:14:43Thank you
00:14:44It's the top of Kefalonia
00:14:46We're looking for Fiscado
00:14:47Oh it's just above Zante
00:14:49California
00:14:50Yeah
00:14:50Tefalonia
00:14:51Thank you
00:14:52How are we going to get?
00:14:53Off the island
00:14:53Off the island
00:14:55Okay Posh get the map out
00:14:57Weighing up their options
00:14:59Pooja and Roshni
00:15:00Right
00:15:01You can catch a ferry from Palermo straight to Napoli
00:15:04All I know is the Amalfi Coast is ridiculously expensive
00:15:10Buy Naples is potentially quite pricey
00:15:11The other option is by land
00:15:14It feels like this kind of just curves around into the right place
00:15:18Traveling by sea will propel teams from the heart of Palermo straight to mainland Italy
00:15:24Reaching distant Naples on long but often costly ferries
00:15:29Or they could travel by land through Sicily
00:15:32Before a short ferry across the Strait of Messina into the rugged region of Calabria
00:15:37With its budget friendly travel
00:15:41Once into Puglia the race continues across the Adriatic Sea towards Fiscado
00:15:48It just looks like southern Italy is a bit of a longer route
00:15:51Whereas if we took a ferry straight to Naples it'd be a bit more direct and then it looks a
00:15:54lot shorter
00:15:55I know but I think when you see boat you think of it more expensive
00:15:58Whereas this is so off the beaten track
00:16:01Yep, you're for it
00:16:02Yeah? Yeah? Are you happy with that?
00:16:04Yeah
00:16:04We've got a plan
00:16:06Opting to keep on land the cousins are heading east through Sicily hoping to avoid pricey transport
00:16:15We're on the west side of the island
00:16:17Working out their first move Katie and Harrison
00:16:20So I think we should go Palermo to Napoli on a boat
00:16:25Yeah, the boat to Napoli could be quite expensive
00:16:28I think we'd have to work
00:16:30To supplement the race budgets teams are given a directory of local jobs
00:16:34What's this job?
00:16:36The Grand Café
00:16:37Grand Café sounds fancy as
00:16:3910 euros per person per hour
00:16:41It'll pay for accommodation for the night in Napoli
00:16:44Yeah, it would just buy us maybe some quicker transport elsewhere if we had a bit more money as well
00:16:49Yeah
00:16:50I think the race strategies accumulate as much cash we can
00:16:53And obviously spend as little as we can
00:16:55I'm really excited to go to Naples
00:16:57It's one of the homes of football for Italy
00:16:58I'd want to go to Napoli for the football as well
00:17:01I've heard like it's really good atmosphere
00:17:03We don't have a larger amount of cash to start with
00:17:05But I just really want to complete the full race
00:17:08If we're like first checkpoint in 20% of our cash down I'm going to be panicking
00:17:11So just to earn money in Naples to make me feel a little bit better
00:17:15Let's go
00:17:16Come on, first leg
00:17:17Do it
00:17:1910 years later with the map
00:17:22Would you like a hand?
00:17:23I don't get it
00:17:25Planning a quick getaway across the Tyrrhenian Sea
00:17:29The siblings opt for the culture and cash that Naples provides
00:17:34Could you tell us where the port is?
00:17:36You follow the streets
00:17:37Follow the streets
00:17:38Yes
00:17:38Just
00:17:39And you arrive in the port
00:17:40Very
00:17:41It's beautiful
00:17:41Yeah
00:17:42It is very, very beautiful
00:17:43Oh, great to see you
00:17:45It's a long ride that
00:17:46How long is it?
00:17:49Long
00:17:49But walking is a free mode of transport so we shall do it
00:17:53I could do it just like a blindfold so I can't see all these apple sprints
00:17:56I know, it's not, it's not fair
00:17:58It's a joke
00:17:58It's not fair
00:17:59What's that?
00:18:00One euro for a glass of orange juice
00:18:02The problem is when it's that cheap it feels like you can just spend a euro
00:18:05But we generally can't just spend a euro
00:18:07I mean, we'll see
00:18:11We can ask people in the queue I guess
00:18:13That's true
00:18:14Still trying to locate the checkpoint
00:18:17Joe and Kush
00:18:18Excuse me
00:18:19We're trying to get to this place called Viscado
00:18:22Do you guys have any idea?
00:18:24Here it says that it's a village in Greece
00:18:27In Greece?
00:18:29What?
00:18:30We must be going like through this little gap
00:18:31That's the closest we are
00:18:32Yeah, Greece is pretty though
00:18:34You have a nice day
00:18:37See you soon
00:18:38Thank you
00:18:39Nicely done, my bro
00:18:41So I think the fastest way is if we can find a ferry over to Naples
00:18:45I'm sure that we can connect very quick sort of up across and down into Greece
00:18:50Some
00:18:51Let's get to the ferry port and hopefully we can get on the boat overnight
00:18:55As the boys head for Palermo port
00:18:58Trains are here, Molly
00:18:59Oh, perfect
00:19:00Tickets this way
00:19:01Andrew and Molly are planning their departure
00:19:03Hello
00:19:04We need two tickets to Mazina
00:19:0632 and 16
00:19:08Thank you
00:19:09Thank you
00:19:11Excuse me
00:19:12Does this go to Mazina?
00:19:14Yes
00:19:14Yes
00:19:14Yes
00:19:15Double checking
00:19:17Fingers crossed that we're leaving Sicily tonight
00:19:20Because both of us haven't travelled
00:19:22It's quite important that we prove to ourselves on the first day that we can do it
00:19:26It's my first train in Italy, Molly
00:19:29No
00:19:29You know my love of trains
00:19:30Let's get moving
00:19:32The father and daughter aim to build momentum and reach the mainland by tonight
00:19:37Following the same route as Pooja and Roshni
00:19:42I love Naples
00:19:44Absolutely brilliant place
00:19:45I hate it
00:19:46I loathe Naples
00:19:47I've been there quite a few times and I just
00:19:50You enjoyed it?
00:19:50It was brilliant
00:19:52I've been once
00:19:53I just didn't enjoy it at all
00:19:54Caught in deliberation
00:19:57Mark and Margot
00:19:58I don't want to go to big city
00:20:00Okay
00:20:01Okay
00:20:01I would rather go along the coast and go to smaller towns
00:20:05It'd be quite nice to go up here through Pooja
00:20:08Sounds good
00:20:08It's a part of Italy that neither of us have been to
00:20:11Yeah
00:20:11At this stage we're feeling our way in
00:20:14We've got to explore and see where our interests do collide
00:20:17I'd like to see that those truly
00:20:19They're circular with the stone conical roots
00:20:22I've always wanted to see them
00:20:24Race-wise I don't know if it's the wisest decision
00:20:27But it's speaking to us both, isn't it?
00:20:29Absolutely
00:20:31I think we're going with our heart not with our head
00:20:34Feeling the pull of Pooja
00:20:36They set a course to Italy's east coast
00:20:38In the hope of exploring the region's old world charm
00:20:43Ah, Pulluma Centrale, yeah, here we are
00:20:46Grazie, grazie
00:20:49Sign down there, it says Porto
00:20:50Yes
00:20:52With a ferry crossing in their sights
00:20:54Katie and Harrison
00:20:56Free shuttle bus
00:20:57Oh yeah, sound
00:20:58Where were you two hours ago?
00:21:01Buongiorno
00:21:01Can we get two tickets to Napoli, please?
00:21:06125
00:21:09So 62.50 each
00:21:10Just figured it out and that's about 4% of our budget, I think, gone
00:21:14It's a bit of a tough one to swallow
00:21:16And how long is the boat?
00:21:1825 hours
00:21:19Thank you so much, grazie
00:21:20Grazie
00:21:20I think 12 hours moving is really good progress
00:21:24For day one, we're doing pretty well
00:21:31Selling for the night
00:21:33I've got a bite on my face
00:21:34It looks really itchy
00:21:35Like it's like I've got Mount Edna on my face
00:21:39Mount Edna?
00:21:40Edna, that's the one
00:21:41Edna's her cousin
00:22:12Oh, it looks so moving
00:22:12It looks like cosy cream and tea
00:22:14Yeah, I think it'd be three
00:22:16Three cosy creams
00:22:17And three cups of tea
00:22:19And three cups of tea
00:22:47Yeah
00:22:48Do something we've always wanted to do
00:22:50A bit of kayaking
00:22:51Maybe see the sea caves
00:22:52And before we make that mad dash to Bari
00:22:55Great job
00:22:56All right
00:22:56I like that plan
00:22:57We've made good time yesterday
00:22:58We made the effort yesterday
00:23:00To reward ourselves
00:23:01To reward ourselves
00:23:03Perfect
00:23:04Oh, gosh, look
00:23:05Look, look, look
00:23:06Oh, that is really nice
00:23:07You can see the whole coast
00:23:10There's been a lot of farmland as well
00:23:11Lots of crops that you want to eat
00:23:13Just like, you know, fresh Italian tomatoes
00:23:15Like cherry tomatoes that taste like grapes
00:23:18That's what I want to eat
00:23:20If mom knew that I was hungry
00:23:22She'd totally freak out
00:23:24She'd call 999 and be like
00:23:25My daughter is hungry in Italy
00:23:31Lounge deck
00:23:32Oh, there's a sea breeze
00:23:35Trailing the pack
00:23:36Mark and Margot are making the short hop to southern Italy
00:23:40It's absolutely gorgeous
00:23:42Things are fitting into place
00:23:44Can I sit here?
00:23:45Yeah
00:23:46Once we get to mainland Italy
00:23:48And get a bus all the way to Puglia
00:23:49We shall be able to get there by this evening
00:23:51After a slow start
00:23:53The pair are skipping the sights of Calabria
00:23:56For express travel to Puglia
00:24:02Oh, look at this
00:24:04People are joining in
00:24:05I think it's a flash mob
00:24:09You're going to join in?
00:24:10I'm not tempted at all
00:24:11Come on, Mark
00:24:12I'm not joining in now
00:24:14Can we join in?
00:24:16Yeah
00:24:17I'm not very good
00:24:18I need you on the other back
00:24:20Margot's very impulsive
00:24:22I'm not quite as brash as Margot
00:24:24La, la, la, la, la
00:24:26What do we do?
00:24:28I haven't got the musical beat
00:24:30Oh, oh, if they're turning around
00:24:31I don't know what we're doing
00:24:32On the ferry, this is mad
00:24:35It's very Margot
00:24:37Very much joie de vivre
00:24:39Full of life she is
00:24:40Wow
00:24:43Yay
00:24:51Naples
00:24:52Founded by the Greeks as Neapolis
00:24:55Or new city
00:24:57It's hailed as the birthplace of modern pizza
00:25:00Where narrow streets pulse with life
00:25:02And the air echoes with the songs of devoted football fans
00:25:08Oh, lad. There we go. Gary Baldy. Baldy Gary, bro.
00:25:13I'm not a biscuit.
00:25:15After their overnight ferry,
00:25:17two teams have reached the cosmopolitan city.
00:25:20Yeah! We're so good at this.
00:25:26Getting a ton already.
00:25:28But while Joe and Kush make a swift departure
00:25:30towards the Sorrentine Peninsula...
00:25:36Everywhere you look is beautiful.
00:25:39Katie and Harrison have a chance to explore before their shift.
00:25:43It's got character.
00:25:45You just keep looking up. It's just, like, amazing, like...
00:25:48I think what it is,
00:25:48is everything hanging off the balcony is blown in the wind.
00:25:50Yeah, it's so cute.
00:25:52Even though it's just people's dirty laundry.
00:25:55Oh, wow.
00:25:57Just literally everything is Maradona.
00:25:59Maradona everything.
00:26:01Football's clearly a way of life here.
00:26:03I've never seen anyone idolised like this, ever.
00:26:06Like, you don't even see religions idolised like this?
00:26:09Like, he's beyond a religion.
00:26:11It's just, it's wild.
00:26:12Right, 40 minutes to our shift.
00:26:14Shall we go?
00:26:17Right.
00:26:19Left.
00:26:19Left.
00:26:20Now we need to get turning a wee bit.
00:26:22Left, left, left.
00:26:23After 260 kilometres along the Calabrian coast,
00:26:27Andrew and Molly's push for momentum pays off
00:26:30with their chance to take to the water.
00:26:33On the southern spine of the Apennine mountain range,
00:26:36Maratea is a tectonically active region
00:26:39where black, mineral-rich sands meet a labyrinth of sea-carved caves.
00:26:45Yay!
00:26:46Wow.
00:26:49Look at the colour of the water.
00:26:51It's nearly bioluminescence.
00:26:53Oh, my God.
00:26:55This is so cool.
00:26:57But you see the pock marks and the limestone?
00:26:59Yeah.
00:27:01I'm a geography teacher.
00:27:02I've been doing it for 30 years.
00:27:04It's the only job I've done because I love teaching.
00:27:08I love the mystery that surrounds caves.
00:27:10I feel like I'm a mermaid.
00:27:12I daydream about travel all the time in school,
00:27:15but I have not seen as much of the world as I'd like.
00:27:17Definitely not.
00:27:19There is only a certain amount you can learn from a photograph
00:27:21because it's somebody else's photograph.
00:27:23Hello, world!
00:27:26We're free.
00:27:28You have kids and you get married,
00:27:29and those kind of things dictate to you where you can go.
00:27:33And, yes, maybe a fact of a bit of fear as well,
00:27:36and it's kind of stopped me from doing it,
00:27:38a fear of the unknown.
00:27:39There's a bit of a scaredy-cat in me at times.
00:27:42I love to be adventurous,
00:27:43but adventures in a kind of, in quotations.
00:27:46Olly, this is fab.
00:27:47This is so good.
00:27:54Buongiorno.
00:27:56Scusi.
00:27:56Grazie.
00:27:59Arrivederci.
00:28:01In Naples, Katie and Harrison are embracing the city's famed cafe culture.
00:28:08Here, my friend.
00:28:09Yes, you're okay.
00:28:10Manchester.
00:28:11Manchester.
00:28:11Oh, that's a nice place there.
00:28:13Yes.
00:28:13I'm from Naples.
00:28:14Oh, support Napoli football?
00:28:16Yeah.
00:28:17And Arsenal.
00:28:18I support Arsenal.
00:28:19Oh, Manchester United.
00:28:20I'm sorry.
00:28:22The siblings are sampling a shift at Grand Café Gambrinas,
00:28:27a Neapolitan institution since 1860.
00:28:32Hello.
00:28:34Um, just a moment.
00:28:36No Italiano.
00:28:37English?
00:28:38No, no, no.
00:28:39This one?
00:28:40This one?
00:28:41Slow me in here.
00:28:42Slow me in here.
00:28:43Slow me in there.
00:28:44I know no Italian,
00:28:46so it's a bit stressful.
00:28:49Nietzsche.
00:28:50I'd much rather just be clearing tables right now.
00:28:53Dai, veloce, prendi questo.
00:28:56Grazie.
00:28:57This is a place quite posh in upmarket.
00:29:00Cheers, boys.
00:29:00Grazie.
00:29:01But with what I'm wearing,
00:29:02this is the best I'll look for eight weeks.
00:29:05I think the cream suits me.
00:29:06I feel like quite Italian.
00:29:08Grazie.
00:29:09Grazie.
00:29:10And I'm pretty pleased that we'll have 80 euros soon.
00:29:12I don't think anyone else will have hurt this money.
00:29:14Pays for a hotel,
00:29:15and then tomorrow we've bought a bus to Barry
00:29:18to get the ferry across in Greece.
00:29:19No, no, no, no.
00:29:20Oh.
00:29:21Duty calls.
00:29:34FAMILIA
00:29:34FAMILIA
00:29:34FAMILIA
00:29:34FAMILIA
00:29:34FAMILIA
00:29:34MAMA, PAPA
00:29:35AND MY BROTHER
00:29:36Ciao.
00:29:37Good to meet you.
00:29:38Ciao.
00:29:39My brother is crazy.
00:29:40Nice to meet you.
00:29:40Ciao.
00:29:42First important thing, are you angry?
00:29:44Absolutely.
00:29:45Always.
00:29:45Always.
00:29:46I'm so glad you asked.
00:29:4850 kilometres away, Joe and Kush have made it to Sorrento.
00:29:54Eccoci.
00:29:55Ah, look at this, bro.
00:29:56Voila.
00:29:57That's insane.
00:29:58I've never seen a place like this.
00:30:02We've prepared for you the mozzarella and the tomato.
00:30:06We call it caprese.
00:30:07You guys are too kind.
00:30:10Overlooking the Bay of Naples, its grand terraces and lemon-scented air have long stirred the
00:30:16imagination of visiting artists.
00:30:19Is it just your family who works here?
00:30:21My family help me to clean the room during the dinner.
00:30:26I work about 10 hours a day.
00:30:29Oh, jeez.
00:30:29Because I am the owner.
00:30:31Can't wait to help, honestly.
00:30:32Absolutely.
00:30:33Yeah, I need help.
00:30:34Absolutely.
00:30:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:30:35We're happy too.
00:30:36Sure.
00:30:37In exchange for bed and board, the friends will be working at Valentina's Lemon Grove restaurant,
00:30:42which has been in her family for 250 years.
00:30:46How do I say, eh, okay?
00:30:49Yes.
00:30:50Yes, Chef.
00:30:51We need to read it loud.
00:30:53Loud?
00:30:54In English, read it.
00:30:55Speak?
00:30:56Smile.
00:30:59This is for you.
00:31:01Go.
00:31:03Here we go.
00:31:04Hello.
00:31:05Nice to meet you.
00:31:06Voila.
00:31:07Yeah.
00:31:08Hope you guys enjoy.
00:31:09Thank you very much.
00:31:10Grazie.
00:31:11No worries.
00:31:12Enjoy.
00:31:13I'm loving it.
00:31:13I think all the staff are great.
00:31:15They're all having fun.
00:31:16They're all laughing.
00:31:17I don't really understand the jokes because they're all in Italian.
00:31:19However, I can feel the vibe.
00:31:21What are you doing tonight?
00:31:22What's it called again?
00:31:24Gallop.
00:31:24Gallopina.
00:31:25Alla.
00:31:26Alla.
00:31:27Sorrentina.
00:31:27Alla Sorrentina.
00:31:30Bravo.
00:31:34It does take me back to home.
00:31:36Having a big family dinner.
00:31:38That nice, warming, familiar feeling.
00:31:40That I always have in Liverpool.
00:31:42I have a meal for you.
00:31:45Oh, that's food out for me?
00:31:46Oh, great.
00:31:48Ciao.
00:31:49Valentina, give us food on the table if you want to eat.
00:31:51That's amazing.
00:31:52She's made us feel so welcome.
00:31:57This is so good though.
00:31:58It's proper food.
00:32:00I think both our mums look absolutely kill to be in.
00:32:02Mmm.
00:32:03I'll come down with the whole family.
00:32:05I'll bring my ma.
00:32:05She'll love this.
00:32:06No, she will.
00:32:08Me and Kosh, we were both brought up by our mums.
00:32:11I think a lot of my good qualities come from my mum.
00:32:14My positivity, trying to succeed, my empathy.
00:32:19And for me, family is still priority number one over everything.
00:32:25I wish you could stay for longer, to be honest, but...
00:32:27If it weren't a race and it was just, like, chill across the world.
00:32:31Yeah, no, tomorrow we're back on race mode.
00:32:34Absolutely.
00:32:35Otherwise, I'll be stressed out.
00:32:38Here we go.
00:32:40Here we go.
00:32:40Al-Baro-Baro.
00:32:42Al-Baro-Baro.
00:32:44Al-Baro-Baro.
00:32:48Having travelled 475 kilometres cross-country to Puglia, Mark and Margot are now the closest
00:32:55team to the checkpoint.
00:32:59All right.
00:33:01Oh, this is very comfortable.
00:33:03What?
00:33:04In God's name.
00:33:05This is my...
00:33:06What is that?
00:33:07This is my cocoon.
00:33:08What was it for?
00:33:09What did you...
00:33:09What was it?
00:33:10Modesty, sir.
00:33:13Why do you need a modesty cocoon?
00:33:15Well, last night we had separate beds.
00:33:17But tonight we're sharing a bed for the first time.
00:33:21Did you think it was ridiculous?
00:33:24And also, I don't want to sleep on the same sheet as you in case you fart.
00:33:28Thank you, Mark.
00:33:29It's OK.
00:33:30All right, let's get some sleep.
00:33:32Night-night.
00:33:33Night-night, sweet dreams.
00:33:40Is that a butternut squash?
00:33:44It's huge.
00:33:47Diamante, known as the city of murals, where more than 150 large paintings adorn ageing
00:33:54buildings.
00:33:56Could we have some...
00:33:56Cafe?
00:33:57Cafe.
00:33:58Cafe.
00:33:59Puja and Roshni have spent the night at a homestay.
00:34:04Hosted by local farmer Giuseppe and his family.
00:34:08Cafe Napolitano.
00:34:09Cafe Napolitano.
00:34:10Cafe Napolitano.
00:34:11Napolitano.
00:34:11It's strong.
00:34:15Oh, OK.
00:34:16Grazie, Giuseppe.
00:34:19This is, like, pure Italian grandma cooking.
00:34:22Mmm.
00:34:23Oh!
00:34:24Oh, she doesn't want to try?
00:34:27It was...
00:34:28Bueno.
00:34:30Giuseppe.
00:34:33Matrimony.
00:34:34Matrimony.
00:34:37It's because food is good.
00:34:41Me and Rosh have had such a nice time.
00:34:43We're enjoying the Italian travel experience.
00:34:46And now we have a train booked at around six o'clock.
00:34:50We're in a beautiful town.
00:34:52I just want to enjoy it.
00:34:54Should we just wander around street to street and see what we see?
00:34:57Poshy, look at this seat.
00:34:59This looks beautiful.
00:35:01We are technically cousins, but our relationship feels like sisters.
00:35:08And we behave like friends.
00:35:10We behave like five-year-olds.
00:35:12That looks very Banksy.
00:35:13Is that Banksy?
00:35:15You think Banksy came all the way here?
00:35:17To the beach.
00:35:19I just don't think we've spent enough time together as adults.
00:35:23We went to different unis and we work hard.
00:35:27Smile.
00:35:28Recently, I think we both just realised that we've been missing each other a lot.
00:35:33Oh.
00:35:35Your shoes get wet.
00:35:36Wet shoes.
00:35:37Puj is one of the most humble people I know.
00:35:39She has achieved so much.
00:35:41And all you get from her is just love.
00:35:43I feel like Puj's relationship with...
00:35:45Oh, don't cry.
00:35:47I wish I could record this.
00:35:49And then I could just play that to you when you're getting upset on the race.
00:35:52Be like, remember, this is what you think of me.
00:35:54I love my feet right now.
00:35:56They're very happy.
00:35:59Do you have everything well, yeah?
00:36:00Yes.
00:36:00OK, good.
00:36:02With all teams needing to move east, reaching the Adriatic in good time
00:36:06is key to the journey ahead.
00:36:09They can set sail from Bari into southern Greece
00:36:12and then island hop through the Ionian Sea
00:36:15to the first checkpoint on Cephalonia.
00:36:18Or set off from Brindisi to make a shorter hop to Egumenica
00:36:22and head south through Greece's Western Isles.
00:36:26We're trying to transverse the country from the west coast to the east coast.
00:36:29There's Bari Centrale.
00:36:31Yes.
00:36:32Duration is 7 hours 43 minutes.
00:36:34Perfecto.
00:36:37Italian trains, they're on time.
00:36:40If anything, they're perfect.
00:36:44All right, here we are.
00:36:46Also with Bari in their sights, Joe and Kush.
00:36:49So, you have Bari today?
00:36:5222 euro.
00:36:55Not bad.
00:36:56Grazie, thank you.
00:36:5822 euros.
00:36:59Direct to Bari.
00:37:00How heavy is that, lad?
00:37:01Big money moves.
00:37:02Big money moves, bro.
00:37:03Little money moves.
00:37:03Little money moves.
00:37:04Little money moves, isn't it?
00:37:05Happy days.
00:37:10Gosh, it's hot here, isn't it?
00:37:13Scorchio!
00:37:15Just 55 kilometres away from the port, Mark and Margo wake up in Albarobello.
00:37:23There's features of beauty, isn't there?
00:37:25Yeah.
00:37:26Hundreds of years old, the iconic stone truly are said to have been built without mortar to dodge taxes, designed
00:37:34to be dismantled before the inspectors arrived.
00:37:36Good stone work.
00:37:38Mega.
00:37:39Today, they stand protected by UNESCO, a cone-topped maze teeming with tourists.
00:37:46Station's over there, isn't it?
00:37:48Stazioni.
00:37:49It's pretty easy.
00:38:05Stazioni.
00:38:07Is there a train?
00:38:09Or any bus?
00:38:10There's no seat.
00:38:11Oh.
00:38:12It's so frustrating.
00:38:13But what needs to be now?
00:38:15The current situation is there are no more buses tonight.
00:38:18He's can't get out of the place.
00:38:20It's a real setback in the race.
00:38:22We're stuck here.
00:38:24Excuse me?
00:38:24Can you recommend a cheap bed for the night?
00:38:28Buonasera.
00:38:29Dovrei chiedere una stanza solo per stasera per...
00:38:34Tutto pieno?
00:38:35Ah, ok, va bene.
00:38:37Grazie mille, lo stesso.
00:38:39Buongiorno.
00:38:40Full.
00:38:41Full.
00:38:41I'd try another.
00:38:45Completissimo.
00:38:46Va bene.
00:38:47Grazie.
00:38:47We don't mind camping or a shed.
00:38:50Seems there's going to be no accommodation here tonight.
00:38:54Full.
00:38:55Full.
00:38:55It's a problem.
00:38:56There's no room at the inn.
00:38:58I don't know what we're going to do.
00:39:08Right.
00:39:08Ticket office.
00:39:10Ticket.
00:39:10Be great out.
00:39:11Already in Bari, a direct early morning bus from Naples has put Katie and Harrison in prime position.
00:39:18Can we buy a ticket to Caffelonia?
00:39:21Caffelonia.
00:39:23Patras.
00:39:24Superb.
00:39:25Does the boat leave today?
00:39:26Yes.
00:39:27Oh!
00:39:28This is exciting now.
00:39:29This is tasty.
00:39:30We could get there, like, tomorrow.
00:39:33And how much?
00:39:3476 euros.
00:39:3576.
00:39:36That's brilliant.
00:39:37I was prepared to pay 150.
00:39:39It's unbelievable.
00:39:40I'm so happy about that.
00:39:41Today is gone now.
00:39:42Mwah!
00:39:43Securing the ferry means the siblings will be the first team to cross the sea to Greece.
00:39:49Do we have our sausages?
00:39:52Starving.
00:39:53Bread.
00:39:54I'm so excited.
00:39:56Pocket meat and cheese.
00:39:58The cheese is feeling pretty sweaty, but...
00:40:01Let's go.
00:40:05Really dry.
00:40:07Really dry is an understatement.
00:40:09Really dry.
00:40:10It's like I've just stuck my face in the Sahara Desert.
00:40:13I can't swallow it.
00:40:16It's so dry.
00:40:21Lesson learnt.
00:40:22Stop me so tight and buy some mayo.
00:40:25Oh, my God.
00:40:26That was a workout trying to get that down.
00:40:29I think we can keep doing this.
00:40:31This costs us a euro 61 per meal.
00:40:35That's so cheap.
00:40:36You just need a bottle of sauce to take it to one euro 80.
00:40:41Yeah.
00:40:41Cost per meal will be quite small.
00:40:43Exactly.
00:40:44Yeah, cost per meal.
00:40:45But...
00:40:46You are getting there.
00:40:48You are getting the budgeting.
00:40:50Thank God.
00:40:51HE LAUGHS
00:41:01Buonasera, senoras.
00:41:02Buonasera.
00:41:04Stark and Albaro Bello for a second night.
00:41:07Mark and Margo.
00:41:08Oh, wow, look at that.
00:41:10Shall we go up here?
00:41:11OK.
00:41:12We've been trying for five hours
00:41:14to find accommodation in this town.
00:41:17Everything is booked up.
00:41:18There's nowhere.
00:41:19Oh, wow.
00:41:20I'd love to have a go at one of these, wouldn't you?
00:41:22I know you would.
00:41:23Come on, you get one, I get one.
00:41:24Mmm.
00:41:26If I was by myself, I'd be very stressed out now.
00:41:28But I'm just so chilled at the moment.
00:41:31I think it's the influence of Margo.
00:41:32It's the Margo effect.
00:41:34If she's not worried, I'm not worried.
00:41:37Even though we've got nowhere to stay...
00:41:38No room.
00:41:38..he's not getting us down.
00:41:40Nothing's going to stop us.
00:41:43The three years of caring for my wife, Julia,
00:41:46Myra was making sure that she was comfortable and safe
00:41:49and that she had square meals and she had all the medication.
00:41:53But Margo gave her the will to live.
00:41:57Excitement.
00:41:57A spark of life.
00:42:12Caring for someone, it's not a one-man job.
00:42:16When she was ill, I used to go there for weeks at a time to help out.
00:42:19Leaving my partner behind, and I would be sitting with her,
00:42:23eating sweets, drinking cups of tea, laughing, giggling,
00:42:27and just having fun.
00:42:29From across the rail, this mile from the pale...
00:42:34There's a saying, isn't it? Enjoy yourself.
00:42:37It's later than you think.
00:42:38Julia can't go on this race, but we can.
00:42:42And so it's like, enjoy yourself, go for it.
00:42:45It's that chance, isn't it?
00:42:47Yeah, we're going to enjoy ourselves.
00:42:51Yeah.
00:42:54Is it brilliant to wish you were here then?
00:42:56Yeah, he's great.
00:42:57But you do wish Julia was here, don't you?
00:42:59I do, even though she hated Pink Floyd.
00:43:03After an evening filled with searching,
00:43:06Mark and Margot have finally secured accommodation.
00:43:09Ah.
00:43:10Hallelujah!
00:43:11Yeah.
00:43:11Oh, baby, truly.
00:43:13Brilliant.
00:43:14But their last-minute room in peak season
00:43:16has cost them 4% of their total budget.
00:43:20Thank you very much.
00:43:21Grazie mille.
00:43:22Ciao.
00:43:22Ciao, ciao.
00:43:23Bye.
00:43:23I'm absolutely knackered.
00:43:26But saying that, I don't think I've got through today.
00:43:29It's only for you.
00:43:30This is a calming influence.
00:43:32That's what I used to do with Julia when she was sick.
00:43:34It is, yeah.
00:43:35And now you can see I used to raise her spirits.
00:43:37And you're raising mine now.
00:43:40Some people wouldn't have actually been able to
00:43:41give that level of commitment that you did to Julia.
00:43:44And not once did you complain about it.
00:43:48But I'm very grateful.
00:43:49Thank you, Mark.
00:43:50Well, I mean, I think to do...
00:43:52To be able to be there for someone like that is...
00:43:55It's...
00:43:56I'm lucky and it's a great honour, isn't it?
00:43:58It's a great honour to be able to spend that time and to do that for someone.
00:44:01And be there for them.
00:44:03Cheers, Mark.
00:44:05Cheers, Mark.
00:44:10Cheers, Mark.
00:44:15Two lads are over there.
00:44:17Oh.
00:44:17So, they're doing the same as us.
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:20We can give them the game for his eyes.
00:44:22At the port of Bari, planning to catch the 17-hour ferry to mainland Greece,
00:44:27Andrew and Molly.
00:44:29After that, we just take an island hop then to...
00:44:32To...
00:44:32A smaller ferry to Kefalonia.
00:44:34Yes, perfect.
00:44:34What did they say?
00:44:35They're doing the same one.
00:44:37And Joe and Cush.
00:44:38And how much will it be for two?
00:44:40Twelve.
00:44:42Five.
00:44:44We might be on the button, Molly.
00:44:46Thirteen.
00:44:47Fourteen.
00:44:48Fifteen.
00:44:49We're ten short.
00:44:50Is there any way we could change money?
00:44:52Okay.
00:44:53Okay.
00:44:56Problems.
00:44:56Ciao.
00:44:57Ciao.
00:44:58Okay.
00:45:00You know the people who come before us?
00:45:03Yes.
00:45:03Did they try and buy the same ticket?
00:45:06Yeah.
00:45:06They didn't buy the ticket because they don't have enough money.
00:45:11It's Sunday at the moment, and banks are always going to be closed,
00:45:14so maybe somebody might help us out here and change a bit of money,
00:45:18or we won't be able to go on this ferry.
00:45:19These are your tickets.
00:45:21Right, gracias.
00:45:22Ciao.
00:45:23Excusey, do you know anywhere I could get Euro for starting?
00:45:26Euro?
00:45:27No.
00:45:28Right, outside the port.
00:45:30You wouldn't give us a tenner for a tenner, no?
00:45:31Oh, it's a shame.
00:45:33I don't know.
00:45:34It's a shame.
00:45:35We're ten Euro short for the ferry.
00:45:38Would you be able to give, and we give you sterling?
00:45:40No.
00:45:41No.
00:45:42Okay, sorry.
00:45:43Oh, they look stumped.
00:45:44What?
00:45:45They look stumped.
00:45:47I feel like we should help them out.
00:45:48No.
00:45:49Oh, lad, what are you trying?
00:45:51Joe's always looking out for people.
00:45:53I admire it.
00:45:53However, this is a competition, and you can't be giving the other person
00:45:58the advantage over you.
00:46:00Isn't this pretty?
00:46:01Yes.
00:46:02If they don't find it, sick.
00:46:05Realistically, not to be mean, sick.
00:46:06If they have to stay behind, then we're winning.
00:46:09Oh, no, I feel bad, you know.
00:46:12Right, you just need to keep trying.
00:46:14That's all we can do.
00:46:15Excusey.
00:46:15We need to get our ferry ticket.
00:46:17Would you have ten Euro, and I'll give you ten pounds sterling?
00:46:20Good.
00:46:22Grazie.
00:46:22Grazie.
00:46:23Grazie.
00:46:24Grazie.
00:46:28Oh, my God, the stress.
00:46:2962.
00:46:3163.
00:46:31Thank you very much.
00:46:34But both of us worked as a team.
00:46:36Back in the game.
00:46:38Grease, here we come.
00:46:44Is this train going to Rundizi?
00:46:48Also heading to a port, Pooja and Roshni.
00:46:51Feeling a bit more apprehensive this morning.
00:46:54Thinking about where everybody else is.
00:46:56Are they behind us?
00:46:57Are they already there?
00:46:59I just feel mentally exhausted.
00:47:01The cousins are the first team to opt for the shorter ferry crossing
00:47:05to one of Greece's busiest ports, Egumenica.
00:47:10Hopefully there's a night ferry.
00:47:12Positive thoughts.
00:47:13We'll get there.
00:47:14We'll swim there if we have to.
00:47:16We'll just float on our backpacks.
00:47:22None of them are saying Bari.
00:47:24I think we should try and get some more information.
00:47:27Mark and Margot have made it to Monopoly down the coast
00:47:31from the port of Bari.
00:47:33Bari?
00:47:34Bari?
00:47:34No, Brindisi.
00:47:36Oh, do you know, can we get a boat from Brindisi to Greece?
00:47:41A boat?
00:47:42Ferry.
00:47:42Vero.
00:47:43A boat?
00:47:44A boat?
00:47:45Ah.
00:47:47El ferry.
00:47:48Ferry.
00:47:49Ferry.
00:47:49Ferry.
00:47:50We've had to make a quick decision because the train's about to come.
00:47:53Let's do it.
00:47:54We're in D.C.
00:47:55We could steal some time.
00:47:56I'm very, very happy with that.
00:48:04Late.
00:48:07Hindering our race.
00:48:09Move your boat quicker.
00:48:12And Greece aren't going to get on.
00:48:17Although its ancient poetry, politics and philosophy still resonate in our lives today,
00:48:22Greece was only declared a modern state in 1830, having been assailed by successive conquerors
00:48:29from the Romans and Byzantians to the Venetians and the Ottoman Empire.
00:48:34Now, with a coastline of over 13,000 kilometres, the longest on the Mediterranean Sea, it's known for its 6
00:48:42,000 islands, of which just over 200 are inhabited.
00:48:50All right, here we go.
00:48:52Let's hope there's some more boats this afternoon.
00:48:55Arriving in the commercial port of Patras, Katie and Harrison are the first team to reach the second country of
00:49:02the race.
00:49:04Do you want to go to Kefalonia?
00:49:07The ferry left 1 o'clock.
00:49:081 o'clock, okay.
00:49:09So there's a ferry tomorrow, though?
00:49:11Yes, but there's a ferry from Killini.
00:49:13Yep.
00:49:13That goes to Kefalonia.
00:49:16Okay.
00:49:17Today?
00:49:17Today.
00:49:18How do we get to Killini?
00:49:19By taxi.
00:49:20The price is there.
00:49:22The €100?
00:49:23Oh, we don't have €100.
00:49:24I can make it 90.
00:49:2790.
00:49:29Do we risk it to get there today?
00:49:31Can you check if there are tickets?
00:49:32There are tickets.
00:49:33100%?
00:49:33Yes.
00:49:34If there are no tickets, you don't pay me.
00:49:36Do we just do it?
00:49:37Shall I get there?
00:49:38We might be able to get to Fiscato tonight.
00:49:40Yeah.
00:49:40You are going to be able to.
00:49:41Are we?
00:49:42Yeah, of course.
00:49:43Perfect.
00:49:44Thank you very much.
00:49:45Oh, it's hell conditioned.
00:49:48Go, go, go.
00:49:49How far is it?
00:49:49Taxi drive?
00:49:50One hour.
00:49:51Your English is very good.
00:49:53I'm Australian.
00:49:54Ah, are you?
00:49:55A spontaneous spend for the budget conscious siblings will take them 75 kilometres to Killini in search of their final
00:50:04ferry crossing.
00:50:08Buena sera, buena sera.
00:50:10Still in Italian waters, but heading east towards the Greek shores, Mark and Margo.
00:50:16This is quite nice, isn't it?
00:50:17It's well swungy.
00:50:18And Pooja and Roshni.
00:50:20I think the seating area is this way.
00:50:23Is it?
00:50:24Ciao!
00:50:25Oh, hello.
00:50:26Hi.
00:50:27How are you guys?
00:50:28Good, good.
00:50:30Look, we're all crossing paths.
00:50:32Oh, yeah.
00:50:32Hello.
00:50:34Good night, guys.
00:50:35Good night.
00:50:36Good night.
00:50:37Up till today, we really thought we were, like, last.
00:50:40But seeing the girls, it was like a little light bulb.
00:50:44Oh, we might not have done so badly.
00:50:46If we don't get many people, it'd be like business class.
00:50:50Voila.
00:50:51That is good.
00:50:53That is good.
00:50:53Just need someone to come and serve me and a glass of champagne.
00:51:03430 kilometres ahead.
00:51:05Thank you very much for having us pay and go.
00:51:08Katie and Harrison have made it to Cephalonia.
00:51:11What a place.
00:51:14Arriving into the town of Fiscardo, where harbour lights shimmer against dark Ionian waters,
00:51:20and the first checkpoint nestles deep amongst towering cypress trees.
00:51:27What would it be helpful if we weren't in the pitch black?
00:51:32OK.
00:51:33What does it say?
00:51:34Continue on foot.
00:51:34Look for the local map stands, and you can find an off-road shortcut to your first checkpoint.
00:51:38Continue on foot.
00:51:40Off-road trail.
00:51:42It's a map here, Casey's map.
00:51:44Hotel Emily's.
00:51:46Where did you are here?
00:51:47I hate maps.
00:51:48We are here.
00:51:50It's fine.
00:51:50We'll figure out our bearings.
00:51:53I can't see anything.
00:51:55I can put some other torches on.
00:51:56Yeah.
00:51:59We're in that hill.
00:52:01It's going to be a path to a house now.
00:52:06I see a big build.
00:52:07Look this way, Katie.
00:52:09Oh.
00:52:10Here's the book.
00:52:11How are you?
00:52:13Hello.
00:52:14Hello.
00:52:14Welcome to Cephala.
00:52:15Thank you very much.
00:52:17Please sign in here.
00:52:19I can't look.
00:52:22All right, delicious.
00:52:23You have successfully reached your first checkpoint.
00:52:25Please sign in over Leaf.
00:52:28Yes!
00:52:30Yes!
00:52:32Yes!
00:52:33Yes!
00:52:34Yes!
00:52:35Quick, get it down.
00:52:36Every minute counts.
00:52:40First.
00:52:41We're first.
00:52:41We've won.
00:52:42Leg one.
00:52:43Leg one.
00:52:43But we've won.
00:52:44Yes.
00:52:44We've won race so far.
00:52:46It's made the budget spend just about worth it.
00:52:50You just had to.
00:52:51Sorry.
00:52:52Well, budget.
00:52:52Sorry.
00:52:53Enjoy the win.
00:52:53No, I know.
00:52:54Come on!
00:52:57I'm really happy.
00:52:58Yeah.
00:52:59No, I am happy.
00:52:59Say you're happy.
00:53:00I'm happy.
00:53:00You're happy.
00:53:01I'm relieved.
00:53:02We're happy.
00:53:03Well done.
00:53:04What a feeling.
00:53:05It is your cue.
00:53:06Enjoy your stay.
00:53:07Thank you so much.
00:53:08Cheers.
00:53:09Thank you very much.
00:53:10Sorry for the sweaty hands.
00:53:11Sorry.
00:53:12Amazing.
00:53:21There's the boys there now.
00:53:22Oh, there they are.
00:53:23That's good.
00:53:23We're not party last.
00:53:24We're not party last.
00:53:25Exactly.
00:53:27Having made it to Greece, Andrew and Molly and Joe and Kush are on a three and a half hour
00:53:33crossing to Kefalonia where they'll need to travel the final 40 kilometres from Sami by road.
00:53:40We're going to have to spend a wee while in there going around and see if anybody is willing
00:53:44maybe to give us a lift.
00:53:45I smell this bad.
00:53:46I wouldn't give me a lift.
00:53:48Are you going to Fiscardo by any chance?
00:53:50Do you know how to get from Sami to Fiscardo?
00:53:53Fiscardo?
00:53:54Any chance?
00:53:54No.
00:53:55Yo, are you going to Fiscardo?
00:53:57Fiscardo?
00:53:58We've asked, I think, almost everyone on the ferry.
00:54:02So, not ideal.
00:54:03Fiscardo?
00:54:04What's the best way we can get there?
00:54:06Fiscardo?
00:54:07There is not.
00:54:08But there is a van.
00:54:10It's 120 euro.
00:54:11Okay, okay.
00:54:12120.
00:54:13Okay.
00:54:13Thank you so much.
00:54:14Very good.
00:54:16It's 120 euro.
00:54:18So, would it be an option to go and ask the two boys to split the money with us?
00:54:24It would be easier if we're spending 60, knowing that they are spending 60.
00:54:32It's very manipulative.
00:54:34Yeah.
00:54:34Even though it will not get us to checkpoint quicker, makes it a hell of a lot more part
00:54:38of the little...
00:54:40That's just like peace talks.
00:54:41Suggestion for you, all right?
00:54:42Ooh, all right.
00:54:44Captain has offered us a minivan for 120 euro.
00:54:48Shit.
00:54:48Yeah.
00:54:48Do you want to split it?
00:54:50Do you know...
00:54:51Okay.
00:54:52Okay.
00:54:52He wants an answer.
00:54:54Quickly.
00:54:55May I speak to my associate?
00:54:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:54:57You can speak to your associate.
00:54:59Okay, okay, okay, okay.
00:55:00Regular tax will not be 120.
00:55:02It will be less than that.
00:55:03No problem.
00:55:03No, but it's 120.
00:55:04It's 60.
00:55:05If this was in school, they'd be told what to do.
00:55:08Just it.
00:55:08They'd be told what to do.
00:55:10All right.
00:55:11Is that good?
00:55:12Yes.
00:55:12Sorry, you're not going to pull out when we get to that.
00:55:13No, no, no.
00:55:14Okay, last.
00:55:15All right, take it easy.
00:55:17Results.
00:55:18Well, okay.
00:55:21We got this, Mark.
00:55:22We have got this.
00:55:23Last transport before Fiscardo.
00:55:27We chose this route with our heart, not our head.
00:55:30What that means, only time will tell.
00:55:33We have to race to checkpoint against Mark and Margo.
00:55:36Maybe we'll be able to come first.
00:55:39From the north and south, four teams converge in unison
00:55:43as they close in on the first checkpoint.
00:55:48What's the game plan?
00:55:50What's the game plan?
00:55:50Just be ready to run.
00:55:51Because you never know that ten-second difference may be the difference between getting on one train
00:55:55and subsequently not to the next leg.
00:55:57I like your thinking.
00:55:59The sooner we get that, the sooner we leave.
00:56:01Yeah.
00:56:03Think logically.
00:56:04Think quickly.
00:56:05The competition is about winning, but also trying to gain time on the other teams.
00:56:09Yeah.
00:56:10May the best team win.
00:56:13Fiscardo.
00:56:14Whoa.
00:56:15We made it.
00:56:16Above the calm waters of Fiscardo rise narrow streets and relentless climbs.
00:56:22And beneath the piercing sun, the race for an early lead gets underway.
00:56:26This is it, Molly.
00:56:28Yeah.
00:56:28I'm feeling quite competitive right now.
00:56:31Just getting ready to start running.
00:56:33Lads, we're going to beat you.
00:56:35No way.
00:56:37It's going to be a butt race.
00:56:40Yes.
00:56:45On foot, find the church overlooking Fiscardo Harbour.
00:56:49Over there.
00:56:50Yeah.
00:56:51Is that the church?
00:56:52That's the church, yeah.
00:56:53Let's go.
00:56:54Come on, let's get here.
00:56:57We can do this.
00:56:58Do you know where we're going?
00:57:00Yeah.
00:57:00Cool.
00:57:03They're coming.
00:57:04If this gets down to a foot race, you know who's winning the world.
00:57:08Come on, Molly.
00:57:09Hey, go speed up, lad.
00:57:11Come on.
00:57:12Ah.
00:57:14Daddy, daddy, daddy.
00:57:16I just can't run this, Molly.
00:57:17It's going, it's going, it's going.
00:57:19All right, Molly, where we go, kid?
00:57:21Right.
00:57:21Let's go.
00:57:22What?
00:57:23Hey, nads.
00:57:23Let me go, boss.
00:57:25You've got me in need.
00:57:27Church.
00:57:29That's not it, no?
00:57:30Nah.
00:57:31Stay on.
00:57:34I think that's it there.
00:57:36Yeah, that looks really interesting.
00:57:39Is this it?
00:57:40Doesn't look like a lot of the chairs, huh?
00:57:44Continuing on foot, look for the local map stand.
00:57:47And if you can find an off-road shortcut to your first checkpoint, Hotel Emily C.
00:57:53The map stand, Molly, would have been down towards the village.
00:57:57Is there a church here?
00:57:58Yes.
00:57:58Oh, up the stairs.
00:58:01You OK, Poshy?
00:58:02I'm good, Poshy.
00:58:04Look for the local map stands.
00:58:05Right.
00:58:08You know where church?
00:58:09Behind the map.
00:58:10Behind the map.
00:58:11That was the gate.
00:58:12You see one?
00:58:13Yeah.
00:58:14Oh, nah.
00:58:15Look for the local map stands.
00:58:16Sam.
00:58:18Let's go.
00:58:20We need to find the maps.
00:58:22There's one here.
00:58:23Right, Molly, this way.
00:58:24Wait a minute.
00:58:25No.
00:58:26It's here.
00:58:27No, it's not a map stand.
00:58:28No, I just picked you from Molly.
00:58:30So, maybe round by the harbour, Molly, where boats are coming in.
00:58:34Where's he gone?
00:58:36Hotel.
00:58:36There it is.
00:58:37Oh, it's right there.
00:58:37There it is.
00:58:38It's around that headland on the side.
00:58:40Right, so let's get to the headland.
00:58:42There it is.
00:58:43There it is.
00:58:44There it is.
00:58:44There it is.
00:58:46Do you want to go back and draw a map a bit?
00:58:47No, I think we draw a map and you've lost the race, Mark.
00:58:51I've seen three of these.
00:58:53It is.
00:58:54It is.
00:58:54I was right.
00:58:55You were right.
00:58:56We need to back up the headland.
00:58:58Okay.
00:58:59So I was right the first time.
00:59:00I know.
00:59:01I need to listen to you.
00:59:02I do need to listen to you.
00:59:04Up there.
00:59:05You see that?
00:59:06Yeah.
00:59:12Oh, Ben.
00:59:13The cats are falling down, love.
00:59:15Oh, hey, hey, hey, Mark, Mark, Mark.
00:59:18It's here.
00:59:19Come on.
00:59:20Last one, Jorita, bro.
00:59:21You say Bob can do it in ten seconds?
00:59:23Yeah.
00:59:23You can do it in nine.
00:59:24Come on, Bob.
00:59:28Molly, come on.
00:59:29Come on.
00:59:31What's it sign?
00:59:32What's it sign?
00:59:32What's it sign about, bro?
00:59:33Oh, my God.
00:59:34Let's get him to sign that book.
00:59:36Oh, my God.
00:59:42I hear the police say he's pretty serious.
00:59:46This is scary.
00:59:47Jesus Christ.
00:59:49Everything that we knew about travel going into this
00:59:52just does not apply.
00:59:54We're coming to the middle of nowhere.
00:59:57We could really do a miracle at this point.
00:59:59What do you want me to do?
01:00:00I can't mind you, Goppa bus.
01:00:01I've never travelled with just my dad before.
01:00:03We don't know what we're getting ourselves into.
01:00:07What the...?
01:00:08Woo-hoo!
01:00:10Oh, gosh.
01:00:11For Mark and I, this is the chance to be spontaneous again.
01:00:14Give me your vodka!
01:00:17This is what I've been wanting to do this whole time.
01:00:20That is amazing.
01:00:21We've got a checkpoint to get to!
01:00:24Get that kettle on.
01:00:35The mind goes here.
01:00:36Yeah.
01:00:55Theșes.
01:00:55I'm sorry.
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