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00:01Six months ago, five teams took part in an unforgettable competition.
00:10Let's go.
00:11We got this.
00:12Rapido, Rapido.
00:13Up there, can you see that?
00:15Oh, this is sick.
00:16An epic race of over 12,000 kilometres from west to east.
00:23Look at this.
00:24Incredible.
00:25You can see that on a new build in Manchester here.
00:28Off you made it.
00:30From the sun-drenched, bustling streets of Sicily.
00:34That's a view and a half, you know, screensaver vibes.
00:37To the vast, unforgiving wilderness of Mongolia.
00:41I love how flat it is into, like, absolute murder.
00:47Absolutely epic.
00:48They tested their own stamina and endurance.
00:52Give it loads.
00:54Can I have your skates?
00:56Snowballs.
00:56So we've lost our lead.
00:59Across eight countries, rich in culture and experience.
01:04You gave me your vodka.
01:06Welcome, Kazakhstan.
01:09Today's celebration is called a circumcision party.
01:13Sick.
01:13I don't think I've ever seen anything so cool in my life.
01:18But only one team could claim victory.
01:21Three, two, one.
01:24And take home the £20,000 prize.
01:27No!
01:31Now, for the first time since the finish line, they reunite.
01:36Hello.
01:37How are we doing?
01:38To share their stories.
01:39I don't think I was thinking anything other than, I can't believe I'm here.
01:43To reveal how the race changed their lives.
01:46We wanted to make sure this didn't break us.
01:49And it's actually made us stronger.
01:51High five.
01:53I wanted to do that for a long time, kid.
01:57Margot, she's very open and very free.
01:59And I've taken that on board.
02:03And to marvel at the process undertaken to bring their extreme journeys to the screen.
02:10We just need to make sure we know where all the teams are at all times.
02:13They're like the brain of race across the world.
02:15What a job to be able to do.
02:17As they all relive.
02:21Let's go!
02:22Their race.
02:23Come on, Mark.
02:24It's right there.
02:25And across the world.
02:36Having arrived home in the UK almost six months ago, all five teams are coming back together.
02:44Hi, folks.
02:45Hi, guys.
02:46I'm going to pop some microphones on you.
02:47Yeah.
02:48This is very professional.
02:49None of this on the road.
02:51First to arrive, siblings Katie and Harrison.
02:54Ready to see their fellow competitors for the first time since leaving the race.
03:01I can't wait to see the guys.
03:03I'm so excited to see them.
03:05How you doing?
03:07The second duo to join.
03:09Father and daughter, Andrew and Molly.
03:12Hello!
03:13Can't get up tonight.
03:15I'm so excited.
03:16Hi!
03:18Good to see you, Sarah.
03:20Good to see you.
03:22That's beautiful.
03:23Look at you.
03:24Good.
03:25Oh, my God.
03:25It's just been wild.
03:27Absolutely wild.
03:28Should we go and do it again?
03:29Yeah.
03:29Should we go and do it again?
03:31Next, to walk through the doors...
03:33Hello!
03:34Hello!
03:36...in-laws Mark and Margo.
03:38Mark, how we doing?
03:39Very good, my man.
03:41Oh, look beautiful.
03:42Good to see you.
03:42Morning.
03:43Have you been up to any adventures?
03:44He's been travelling.
03:46He got right out, got his rucksack on.
03:48Did you have a rucksack?
03:49Yeah.
03:49Yeah, rucksack.
03:50In Thailand.
03:51On his own?
03:51On my own.
03:52I'm in Thailand.
03:53Singapore.
03:53Sri Lanka.
03:54So jealous.
03:55And guess who I bumped into Sri Lanka?
03:57Oh!
03:59It's been away.
04:00It's been away.
04:01Yeah.
04:02I did Sydney, New Zealand and then Sri Lanka.
04:06Race really gave me that sense of freedom to go, actually, I can do a bit more travelling.
04:12We bumped into each other.
04:13That is fun.
04:14I know.
04:14It was...
04:15It was so good.
04:16I was like, ah!
04:17Hi.
04:18We're at a five-star hotel and all we can find to eat is...
04:24Mongolian vegetable noodles and...
04:28Mongolian seafood rice.
04:30Brilliant.
04:30There we are.
04:30We cannot escape Mongolia wherever we go or their food.
04:34Bye!
04:35Bye!
04:37Also back with the group, cousins Pooja and Roshni.
04:40Girls!
04:46How are you?
04:47How are you?
04:47Do you love the voice?
04:48That's my voice.
04:49Oh, perfect.
04:50The voice is gone.
04:52Oh, that's just...
04:53Oh, you guys!
04:55That is terrible timing.
04:59And the last pair to join the pack, 19-year-old best friends Joe and Kush.
05:05Are we the last?
05:06Yeah, I think we're the last.
05:10Hey!
05:12Hey!
05:15Good to see you.
05:17Good to see you.
05:17Good to see you.
05:18Good to see you.
05:19Good to see you.
05:19Good to see you.
05:19Good to see you.
05:19Good to see you.
05:20Awesome.
05:21Your boys, your boys.
05:23You got very fond of them, didn't you, on the trip?
05:25They're like our little brothers.
05:27So, Gerd, as the people who left early, who do you think, between the whole audience,
05:31who do you think won?
05:33Who's giving winner energy?
05:34We always thought that you two would win.
05:37Mark and Margo, yeah.
05:38You were always so charming and, like, full of energy and, like, you just seem to know everything.
05:42Like, with my dad, like, I could ask him any question and he would just know the answer.
05:45I feel like you're exactly the same.
05:46Oh, gosh.
05:48Whoever won, can you please step forward?
05:57Oh, my God, I'm so proud!
06:05Oh, my God.
06:07Gosh, look.
06:08Looks like a cathedral.
06:10These five pairs put their everyday lives on pause and came together for an epic adventure.
06:17But it was actually months before they stood on the starting line that they began their journey.
06:24They were selected from thousands of application videos.
06:28Hello, everybody.
06:29It's Molly and...
06:30Daddy.
06:31Andrew.
06:33Hello, I'm Harrison.
06:35And I'm getting to.
06:36We are siblings.
06:37I'm 22.
06:38She's 20.
06:39Why we want to do it is because we want to see the world, want to experience things, add
06:43some spice to life, you know?
06:45Keep it interesting.
06:46Yeah.
06:47Experience, like, different, yeah, cultures, people.
06:50Hi, I'm Pooja.
06:51And I'm Roshni.
06:52Please take us.
06:53Yeah, we would love to go.
06:55We really want to go.
06:56Why do you think we'd be good, Mark?
06:58Well, we're like chalk and cheese.
06:59I'm very practical.
07:01Boring.
07:01Mark just has fun, fun, fun.
07:04And as casting progressed, all shortlisted candidates were brought to London to test their
07:11navigation skills, without phones or cash, and armed only with cryptic clues.
07:19Ask someone things.
07:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:20Listen, you've read my mind.
07:21Excuse me, Ruth.
07:22Excuse me.
07:22We're in a race at the moment, and we just need some help finding out where our location
07:26is.
07:26Molly's taking charge.
07:28I'll follow her.
07:32We're in a competition.
07:33You wouldn't take us to Golden Hind.
07:35Does anyone know if this is Southbound?
07:37It's Southbound.
07:38It's Southbound.
07:39No, it's been good.
07:39It's Southbound.
07:40Just ask people, it's easier.
07:42Do you want to challenge?
07:44And these ladies are filming for this challenge to see if I can get anything for my birthday.
07:47It's 59 today.
07:48I've got my passport and my bag if you want to see.
07:4959.
07:51So cool.
07:51Oh, this is sick.
07:53No way.
07:54That's sick.
07:5521 minutes.
07:56What?
07:57Yes, mate.
07:58Nice.
07:58Well, thank you.
08:00Amazing.
08:01Four months after selection, they arrived at the airport, having packed for every eventuality,
08:08with no idea where in the world they were heading.
08:11Ooh.
08:12Their destination revealed just hours before departure.
08:17You'll be flying to...
08:18Palermo in Sicily.
08:20Sicily.
08:20Oh, my God.
08:21We're going to have pizza tonight.
08:24Oh, that's brilliant.
08:26Sicily.
08:27Good, yes.
08:27Yes.
08:29In the historic city of Palermo...
08:32I'm actually really nervous, aren't they?
08:34Sicily.
08:35...they all came face to face for the very first time.
08:38Here we go.
08:39Oh, God.
08:40They're looking fit and young.
08:41Good to meet you.
08:42I'm Margot.
08:42Margot, I'm John.
08:44Oh, I can see you.
08:45Hi.
08:46Okay.
08:47So I'm guessing everyone's here to win.
08:48I have a saying, second's forced loser.
08:51Oh, okay.
08:53Suddenly, I'm just like, I need to win this.
08:55That's like drawing the enemy lines now.
08:57Will we get this thing started?
08:59Yeah.
08:59Yeah.
09:08When we first met you guys in Palermo, it was like that couple minutes of hi guys and then it
09:14was off.
09:14I don't think I was thinking anything other than, I can't believe I'm here.
09:18Yeah, yeah.
09:19I can't believe I'm about to do this and this backpack's heavy.
09:22I hypnotised myself to believe the backpack was really light, didn't I?
09:25You did.
09:26But as soon as I got home, what the hell?
09:30After the first leg, I thought Katie and Harrison were just going to blow us out of the water.
09:37You know, a day and a half ahead of the first leg, you know, it's unbelievable.
09:40It was, it was very intimidating to have you guys so far ahead because we didn't know anything about you.
09:45You're a myth.
09:47But then when we met you, Harrison, you still impressed.
09:50Your understanding of budgeting and timings and like this overview that was almost like a computer.
09:56Felt like that.
09:57Couldn't turn it off.
09:58That is him.
09:59Yeah.
10:01I've got a toiletry bag the size of a house.
10:05Yeah.
10:06Well, I've got all the useful stuff.
10:07I've got alarm clocks, compass.
10:10So you just bring, you know, the stuff you need and I'll bring the stuff for both of us.
10:14Yeah.
10:14Ooh, you're getting it now.
10:17Katie and older brother Harrison started the race with very different attitudes to money and planning.
10:24You definitely took the role with the budget.
10:26You're in a deep emotional relationship with your calculator.
10:31We have spent 8.5% this leg of our total budget.
10:36Which is very, very good.
10:38It works.
10:39Being a tight bastard works.
10:43Pocket meat and cheese.
10:46Really dry.
10:48Really dry is an understatement.
10:49Like I've just stuck my face in the Sahara desert.
10:52That's me.
10:54I took it very personally as my responsibility to get us to that finish line.
10:58And it kind of soothed me to constantly be unthinking about it.
11:01Oh, look at this.
11:03This is not good for the budget.
11:05I've got a shot glass collection at home.
11:07Who buys all this shit?
11:11Me.
11:13That really took over for me.
11:14Like I just couldn't help but be like absorbed by the race and the race environment and not the experiences.
11:20Although the race environment is about winning, it's also about the unique way of travelling that you're doing by racing.
11:27I genuinely loved every second of it.
11:29You know, I didn't, maybe I didn't have that drive because I was just enjoying it so much.
11:33Like I just honestly had the best time ever.
11:36I think everyone will agree you were pure sunshine the whole way through.
11:39I think one day you were like, you were sitting with a glass of Prosecco at Checkpoint being like, I
11:42could be at work on a Monday.
11:46As they ventured further east, Katie's desire to pause and take it all in.
11:51Feels very much once in a lifetime.
11:55Started to shift Harrison's perspective on the race.
11:59I'm on a horse in Kyrgyzstan.
12:03It's incredible.
12:06That is just ridiculous.
12:08This is stunning.
12:19In Birmingham.
12:22Picture of Tesco Express.
12:25Tesco.
12:25Tesco. Yeah, Tesco.
12:27He was so chuffed with his picture of Tesco Express.
12:30I know.
12:30Such a lovely moment, but funny.
12:33Why am I sat in a treehouse in Turkey looking at a picture of Tesco?
12:35It's a picture of Tesco Express as well.
12:37That was kind of when I sort of let go a little bit and stopped and started to appreciate
12:42and spend time with people.
12:44And that's really where I came away with the sort of the mantra that, okay, this is actually what the
12:47race is about.
12:48Oh, no, no, no, no.
12:50You sure?
12:51Oh.
12:52What has he given you?
12:53It's a medal.
12:55Oh, half marathon.
12:57We are friends.
12:59Well, Harrison actually sent something, didn't you?
13:01Yeah, yeah.
13:02I have, we got in contact with the guy that sent me a medal.
13:04And I've sent him, sent him my one back in a little sort of UK hamper box.
13:09Oh, that's so nice.
13:10Yeah.
13:11You've come back and you've gone like, you've gone like, I need to travel and I do think you have,
13:17it has like changed you.
13:18I have to say that I probably do see the value in it, the monetary value in it now.
13:22I've not spent my own money yet on it.
13:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:25But it might happen.
13:26I guess now you've learned that you, it, firstly, it's not like a holiday.
13:29Well, I call it a bit holiday sometimes.
13:31Maybe if you're doing it Margot's way.
13:33But, er, yeah.
13:35Their growth as a team came from learning to open up to one another, deepening a bond in ways Katie
13:42had always wanted.
13:44I don't know, I feel, I just felt like, why is this affecting me and it's not affecting him?
13:49Like, how does he seem so okay about it all?
13:52I definitely think the race has helped me, like, verbalise, like, my feelings.
13:58Cos before, like, I might have felt like I wanted to say something to you, you know, something was bothering
14:04me, I felt upset or something.
14:06Erm, but I physically could not get the words out.
14:09Whereas now, I think, cos, yeah, the race is just a really intense environment and you've got to be supportive
14:15for each other.
14:15I just wanted to say, erm, like, I suppose thank you for, for being there and being...
14:23Well, that's really nice to hear actually.
14:26I now just feel a lot more supported.
14:29Yeah, like, the race gave me a better understanding of you and you a better understanding of me.
14:34Yeah, but you do grow and you have to and it's a life experience and you have to accept it
14:37as a life experience and realise and take something from it and you did.
14:41Yeah.
14:42Yeah.
14:43OK, got it?
14:45It's a good one for your hinge profile, Harrison.
14:47Makes you look really cool.
14:49I've got a man bag on there.
14:50Feels like I'm going to plunge your toilet.
14:53If it looks that bad, could you please try and help me?
14:58Together, come on.
15:00Oh, my God.
15:02Well done on the finish line.
15:03We wouldn't have been able to have as good of a time with anyone else.
15:07It was sort of the perfect combo and we've got that for life.
15:10Yeah.
15:11This is breathtaking.
15:14Incredible.
15:16Oh, wow, look at that one.
15:18The teams were on the road for 51 days.
15:22Absolutely incredible.
15:23It's hard to find words, isn't it?
15:24It is.
15:25Absolutely, yeah.
15:26It's hard to find that one.
15:26With cameras recording their every move.
15:29With them, a five-person team responsible for capturing the general views, known as the
15:35GV crew, who film the scale, beauty and rich variety of the journey.
15:42If I want to give up teaching, there's one job I would want to have.
15:46It's the crew that do all those picturesque shots.
15:49Yeah.
15:49What a job to be able to do.
15:51We're shooting Athens out today.
15:52We've been up here since half six this morning.
15:56A big bank of cloud came in and kind of killed us a little bit.
16:00Well, sometimes it helps.
16:01It came out and, like, created all these shadows across the city.
16:04But thankfully, the weather has picked up.
16:06The sun is shining.
16:12The team that take these incredible shots really get to be creative
16:16and think about how to capture this beautiful area in the best way possible,
16:21which is what you see on the screens.
16:23So they essentially inspire the whole of the UK
16:27and whoever watches the race across the world to want to go to these places
16:30by the way they capture it on camera.
16:33Wow.
16:34Look at this.
16:36We're going to shoot this time-lapse over the mountains.
16:39It is beautiful here.
16:40The landscape is incredible.
16:47And it's heckling.
16:48They've got so much stuff, right?
16:50They've got long-distance cameras, wide-shot lenses.
16:52They've got close-ups.
16:53They've got everything.
16:55Yeah, they smashed it.
17:00Alongside the GV crew, there are three more vital teams
17:04dovetailing seamlessly to bring the race to life.
17:08Combs check.
17:10In London, a 20-strong team of producers, researchers and production management
17:16following evolving stories and potential routes.
17:19You've got someone who is relaying back every decision,
17:23everything we say to the head office in London,
17:26who obviously on UK time.
17:30It feels like the brain of...
17:33Control Centre.
17:34Control Centre.
17:35There you go.
17:35I'm thinking about it medically, but they're like the brain of race across the world
17:38and then you have, like, the limbs in...
17:40Oh, God!
17:41On location, a small embedded filming crew,
17:45living and breathing every step of the race with each pair.
17:49How are you feeling right now?
17:50I think that's your duvet, Aaron.
17:52This is the duvet?
17:53That's the smaller one.
17:54The bigger one should be the sheer.
17:56You're going to put your lavender spray on it.
18:00And finally, the checkpoint crew, who are one step ahead of the racers,
18:06tracking their every move and planning for all eventualities.
18:10We've got Joe and Kush.
18:12I've got 10am.
18:13Do you think that's right?
18:13Yeah, I think they're about 60 minutes away.
18:15There's a whole team that stays in the checkpoint
18:17and they've got their own job to do.
18:19If they go the most efficient way, they'll get a car all the way up to there.
18:23But there are various other points that they could get dropped on the hill.
18:28They're responsible for setting up and testing the final run to each new checkpoint hotel.
18:35Oh, my God!
18:36Hey!
18:37Hotel, Emily.
18:38I like these.
18:40There we go!
18:43And they're to support each team on their arrival.
18:46Say hi, Hannah.
18:47Give me the camera.
18:49What's your role, Hannah?
18:51My role is to look after cars when they're at checkpoint,
18:55make sure they're fed, watered, happy, healthy, and that's it.
19:00Once the planning's done, it's over to the race.
19:04Unpredictable.
19:06Unscripted.
19:06And whatever happens, whenever teams arrive, the crew has to be ready.
19:11We are here at the finale location
19:13and we are just waiting for one of the teams to come in.
19:17Where the spit is, there's a direct line of sight,
19:19so we don't want the cars to see us,
19:21so we're having to lie down and hide, poised for the signal.
19:28OK, go, go, go, go, everyone.
19:31That is a spit, isn't it?
19:33Yeah.
19:34When you're coming in to checkpoint, it gets really exciting, doesn't it?
19:38Ah, here we go.
19:41I'm about to have sent some messages.
19:44Any of these devices for the runway?
19:46The fumes.
19:50Find the amphitheatre and the way for the instructions.
19:54Define the minute, right?
19:55I think it's at the other side of the bridge.
19:58OK, ready? Power everything up.
20:03Yeah.
20:03Is this right?
20:04Yeah.
20:06There are two blocks in there.
20:08Yeah.
20:12Bloody.
20:14Farmer's solid.
20:15It's here, Margaret, it's here.
20:16Yes!
20:17It's all that things fired.
20:18Copy that, we're rolling.
20:20Here it is, John.
20:25Please, silence here.
20:28What?
20:44As the checkpoint is approached, the reality of each precious minute falls into focus.
20:51Lads, we're going to beat you.
20:52No way.
20:54Come on, Matt.
20:56With every team throwing their all into the chance to climb the leaderboard.
21:01Hey, go speed up, man.
21:02You OK, Poshy?
21:03I'm good, Poshy.
21:04Faster, faster!
21:06We've got a checkpoint to get to!
21:08Get me out of this taxi and ready to run.
21:10Traffic jump.
21:12Er...
21:12It just felt like tables turned so quickly.
21:16We can't afford to make any mistakes and we've already made one.
21:19The crew can give you absolutely no help and it can be like, very easy to go like, guys, you're
21:24giving me nothing here.
21:25But they can't because then it's not fair.
21:27Is this actually a joke?
21:29Well, that's what's going on because they don't know!
21:32They had to walk through every stupid decision we made knowing we were going in the wrong direction.
21:38Well, actually, we're kind of going back on ourselves.
21:40Yeah.
21:41Oh, God.
21:42But having the lead is one bus journey away.
21:45Big money moves.
21:46Big money moves.
21:46Right, little money moves.
21:47It's right there!
21:49Yes, Poshy!
21:50Come on!
21:51Hope and pray now.
21:55We were looking out for the boys because we noticed you becoming more savvy and more competitive.
22:01Because you said from the first, we're in it, we're really seriously in it to win it.
22:05But there was more and more like, we're not going to talk to you.
22:07You could be a threat.
22:08And it was these guys.
22:09Do you guys, because you're just clever, that thing, Wolfie's a very, very, like...
22:12But quite quickly, you were like, zoom!
22:15Here are the boys!
22:16How are you?
22:17Do you know where you're going now?
22:18Yeah.
22:18Right, you guys, you got a plan?
22:19Yeah.
22:20We have a plan, yeah.
22:21Are we allowed to know where you're heading to?
22:24They're trying to...
22:25They're trying to get information out.
22:26They're trying to get information out.
22:27See you, boys.
22:28We'll see you guys.
22:29See you.
22:30Oh, no.
22:31Best friends last night.
22:33Sworn enemies.
22:34Yeah.
22:34Whoa!
22:35Oh!
22:36We wear this win, really.
22:37We are.
22:38I've been saying this from the start.
22:40We both have been saying this from the start.
22:41We were there to win.
22:42We were there to win.
22:42I think, yeah.
22:42We're there to win.
22:43You just want to do better than everyone else.
22:46Oh, we brought back some money.
22:47Five and sixty.
22:48Great.
22:50We're ten short.
22:51Is there any way we could change money?
22:53I don't know, worry.
22:54There was a situation where Molly and Andrew were ten euros short.
22:58You wouldn't give us a tenner for a tenner, no?
23:00Oh, that's a shame.
23:01I thought not.
23:02That's a shame.
23:04Nah, I was like, nah.
23:05Realistically, we're here to win.
23:07I feel like we should help them all.
23:08No.
23:09Oh, what are you trying?
23:11You were very, very down to just lend them a bit of money.
23:15I'm glad we didn't give any money.
23:16I'm glad.
23:17You've set a precedent.
23:18100%.
23:20I would very much say that your experience was to win,
23:23and you really enjoyed it,
23:24and the whole way through we were very competitive, obviously,
23:27but we were forced, we were trying our hardest,
23:29and we were still coming in,
23:31and, like, we were constantly back of the pack, back of the pack,
23:34and it was about staying in it.
23:36People talk about strategies.
23:37If we had any strategy coming into this
23:39was to stay in the game as long as possible
23:41and then try and win it at the end,
23:42and that's what we did.
23:44Yeah.
23:44Were you two right behind each other
23:46at the final leg?
23:47We went out of the neck.
23:47Not speaking to you again.
23:49That's okay.
23:50It's all right.
23:51That's okay.
23:52The gloves are off.
23:54But there's a good amount of luck,
23:56and, like, I think, like,
23:57the favourite moments for me,
23:59and it sounds so sad,
24:00but it was when, like,
24:01connecting transport just worked out.
24:03Honest to God.
24:04Like, I just couldn't relax
24:06until I knew what transport was going on.
24:08Elimination leg.
24:09Mr Meany made us wait for a bus.
24:11I decided on budget terms
24:13that we should wait
24:14and get the bus rather than pay the taxi.
24:16And we waited three...
24:18Three and a half hours.
24:19Three and a half hours for a bus.
24:20You should have waited 12.
24:26Smile.
24:28Oh.
24:30Your shoes get wet.
24:31Wet shoes.
24:32I love my feet right now.
24:33They're very happy.
24:36The cousins embarked on the race
24:38to step away from the busy careers
24:40they'd worked hard to build
24:41and embrace a more unpredictable way of life.
24:45Pepper and Chino.
24:47Calabrese.
24:48This is different.
24:50Roche is absolutely smashing it.
24:52She's maintained her energy levels.
24:54Look at her. She's so cute.
24:57What are you doing?
25:04Yes, you can.
25:05Why?
25:05Yes, you can.
25:06Yes, you can.
25:08So, growing up, you know, we lived, like, two streets away.
25:11We were, like, very close.
25:13But life happens.
25:14I think the goal of just going on to this
25:17is we'd both been in our careers for, like, ten years.
25:20Um, so life gets very intense.
25:23And we wanted to do something about that.
25:26This guy.
25:26He is a guard of the gods.
25:29OK, he's waving.
25:31I've always wanted to take time off,
25:33but there's always been a reason not to.
25:34So I guess race kind of forced us to take the time off
25:37and it kind of...
25:38It showed that it's not the end of the world.
25:42Where are you going?
25:43Ah!
25:44Oh, sorry.
25:46What time is the bus?
25:48We're standing.
25:49Yes!
25:50Yes!
25:50I'm feeling pumped.
25:52We're flying high.
25:53I think we've handled ourselves really well on this leg.
25:56I'm excited, Posh.
25:58We're second.
26:00We're second.
26:03It's been a wake-up call.
26:05With family, you always think people are going to be around,
26:07but actually you need to put in that effort
26:09to make sure you keep that relationship.
26:12And, you know, we just...
26:13We wanted to make sure this didn't break us.
26:16And it's actually made us stronger.
26:18Yeah.
26:19But their momentum faltered in Turkey.
26:22We asked about buses tonight,
26:23but unfortunately there wasn't anything available.
26:26It gives the other teams time to catch up.
26:28And arriving in last at the third checkpoint
26:31led to their surprise elimination.
26:33Please sign in, Overleaf.
26:35Oh!
26:36Oh, my God.
26:38We're lost.
26:39Oh!
26:41Oh!
26:43Oh!
26:46I think when we saw the book,
26:49we didn't expect that everybody would have done so well
26:53on that leg, but you guys aced it.
26:56But...
26:56Saying that, it was a great leg.
26:57Yeah.
26:58Like, we had an incredible time.
27:00And, honestly, Mongolia was for you guys.
27:02Like, I'm so happy that you guys had that adventure.
27:06Also, we got to go on our own adventure.
27:09Yeah.
27:09We went on a trip to Vietnam after all of this ended.
27:15It was just such a great place.
27:16Mm-hmm.
27:18Way...
27:18We got to have really good food.
27:22Get massages.
27:23Yeah.
27:23We just had our own experience.
27:25We planned to go away together again
27:27with our husbands, with our families.
27:30So, if this had not happened,
27:33I don't think we would be doing that.
27:35I don't think we would be as proactive.
27:36Yeah.
27:37You think about, like, what race and travel
27:40has given each one of us?
27:41Has brought you together?
27:43And, like, my wife has said to me, like,
27:45who are you travelling with?
27:46All that kind of thing.
27:46And I'd say, like, beautiful girl,
27:48who's an anesthetist, and I go,
27:50I just want Molly to turn out like you.
27:53Mm-hmm.
27:53And I mean that.
27:54Just amazing and lifelong friends, hopefully.
27:57Absolutely.
27:58We missed you, though, honestly.
28:00We wanted to sign your names in the book as well.
28:03Oh!
28:11That is amazing.
28:12For all the teams,
28:13this was a journey defined by endurance and extremes.
28:18Look, look, look.
28:18Oh, that is really nice.
28:20You can see the whole coast.
28:21From the sun-baked coastlines of Europe
28:23to the untamed expanse of Central Asia.
28:27Oh, my God!
28:29Oh!
28:30Oh!
28:30Look at this.
28:31It is like the Wild West mark.
28:33Look at this.
28:33It is, isn't it, yeah?
28:35Into the sub-zero temperatures of Mongolia.
28:38Ooh!
28:39Feel the cold.
28:42Retracing a path steeped in history
28:44along the Old Silk Road,
28:46they encountered a huge variety of people
28:49and local customs.
28:52My father.
28:53Hello, hello.
28:54Nice to meet you.
28:55Hello, hello, hello.
28:56Hello.
28:56Nice to meet you.
29:01Yes.
29:07It's just such a, like, extreme, is it?
29:10Like, you just started off in, like,
29:12central mainland Europe,
29:13where you had all the comforts, really, of home,
29:16and then going to just...
29:18It's literally middle of nowhere.
29:19It's mad.
29:20Once you left Europe...
29:21Yes.
29:22...and went to Kazakhstan,
29:25it was an alien environment
29:27it was rocky, it was dry, it was arid.
29:30And from that point...
29:31Yeah.
29:32...it was a completely different journey.
29:34Different journey, yeah.
29:34But even from the trains, did you...
29:36You must have got to see, like, scenery.
29:38Nothing?
29:38There's absolutely nothing.
29:40What?
29:40What?
29:41It's like being on the moon.
29:42I can't describe it.
29:43There is nothing there.
29:45You really, throughout the whole experience,
29:48went from one to the other.
29:50Done.
29:51It went from language to no language.
29:54Do you have...
29:54Afto?
29:55Um...
29:56Car?
29:57Machine?
29:59Afto?
29:59Lots of transport to no transport.
30:01Yeah.
30:02The bus?
30:03It's all closed, yeah.
30:05Closed, yes.
30:05I found the bus station.
30:07It's just a shed.
30:09Holy moly.
30:10Traffic jam.
30:12Look at them, there's millions of them.
30:14Yeah, I'd say that your race is very much extreme.
30:17Yeah.
30:17That's the word to sum it up.
30:19I think it's just so nice that you just...
30:22You're worried that they don't speak the same language,
30:24but you find a way to communicate,
30:26like, whether it's you dancing with everyone
30:28or, you know, our man with the Tesco.
30:31Like, you...
30:33You find calm and groin.
30:34You'll always find a way to communicate.
30:36That was, like, the most beautiful thing ever.
30:38Yeah, yeah.
30:39When we did all these homestays,
30:40like, to live and sleep on the same roof,
30:43share the food, like, this is such a privilege.
30:45It's even more of a privilege in my eyes
30:47than being able to afford, like, the five-star hotels.
30:50Nah, they treated us like family.
30:57Oh, my God.
30:59You've done that so well.
31:02Places that we went,
31:03we were very different to the Western world.
31:05It was a real...
31:06It was a culture shock in the coolest way.
31:08Yeah.
31:08Is this a really big deal?
31:10Oh, my God.
31:11Hello.
31:14Nice to meet you.
31:14My name is Nazgud.
31:15Nazgud?
31:16Yes.
31:16Kush.
31:17It's nice to meet you.
31:18Your eyes are so beautiful.
31:22It's OK.
31:23I love the outfits.
31:24This is what I think we were both searching for
31:26on this journey as a whole,
31:28is the experiences that aren't readily accessible.
31:37It's very bitter.
31:38I quite like it.
31:39Delicious.
31:40Look at him, delicious.
31:41Good.
31:41He's very good.
31:42Yeah.
31:45But when we got to Mongolia, it really got hard for us.
31:50We really struggled.
31:51It felt like your choices were kind of taken away from you
31:54because at the start it was kind of,
31:56do you go by boat?
31:57Do you go by train?
31:58Do you go by car?
31:59Do you go by taxi?
31:59It then just became get there.
32:01You couldn't be competitive with each other.
32:03You were just being competitive against Mongolia.
32:05Yeah.
32:05It's the best way to put it.
32:07You were fighting the elements.
32:08I think like the temperature swing the whole way we figured out
32:11was like a 54 degree temperature swing from hot is to cold is
32:14and it's just, I was looking forward to the cold.
32:17Maybe not that cold.
32:19Maybe I wish too hard for that.
32:21Like your clothes had to change.
32:23Your clothes for Italy, Greece and wild temperatures
32:29and then all of a sudden those clothes just kind of...
32:31You should have just thrown them out.
32:32We could have.
32:32Just thrown them out, had less weight to carry.
32:34No, just layering up, layering up.
32:36Mongolia just wore the same outfit every single day.
32:39Yes.
32:39I did.
32:39And all your clothes every single day.
32:41Honestly, did anything change your clothes in Mongolia?
32:44I didn't.
32:45No.
32:47But as somebody who's only kind of really gone on family holidays,
32:51I really, really struggled with the,
32:53did I have the ability to put a backpack on me
32:57and travel in that way?
32:59Always wanted to do it as a child.
33:01Always wanted to do it as a young person.
33:03I never did it.
33:04Because it was pure want to do it.
33:05Yes, yes, yes.
33:05But it was a fear that kind of stopped you doing it before.
33:09Yeah.
33:09It was a physical test as well as a mental test.
33:12One of the reasons I did lack self-confidence in my ability to do it
33:16was the heart attack.
33:17Mm-hm.
33:18And the heart attack put me back kind of mentally quite a bit.
33:23I'm starting off consistently.
33:24My God, it'd be amazing.
33:28For Andrew, the race became a way to see the world.
33:31Look at that, Molly.
33:33Absolutely stunning.
33:34And prove his heart attack three years ago wouldn't hold him back.
33:39I would always say to children in class,
33:43the world's your oyster, go and enjoy it.
33:45But I never lived it.
33:47And I was always kind of a bit of a fraud that way.
33:50Whoo!
33:52Jesus!
33:56You're sweating, buddy.
33:58The relief of getting to that first checkpoint.
34:02Yeah.
34:02And signing that book.
34:04Yeah.
34:04Gave me the shot in the arm.
34:06I looked at you and said, we can do this.
34:07The stamina's there.
34:09And we can enjoy it as well.
34:10And we can enjoy it.
34:12It's my first train in Italy, Molly.
34:14You know my love of trains.
34:16Look at the striations of the rock,
34:17the way they're going down the lines.
34:19Oh, my God, look.
34:20Never seen these before, ever.
34:23Different way of doing it.
34:24Total different way of doing beekeeping.
34:26And there's your honey.
34:27Seeing the mountains, seeing the landscape,
34:29seeing where people live.
34:30That's what I do.
34:31That's what I love.
34:34Really looking forward to getting out in the kayak.
34:36I have my own kayak at home,
34:39but I've never actually used it because of my...
34:41Dickie ticker.
34:42My dickie ticker.
34:43So, I haven't been able to do it, so...
34:45Yeah.
34:46It'd be lovely.
34:50Woo!
34:51Out in the open water.
34:53Look at those mountains.
35:02I've wanted to do that for a long time, Kit.
35:05It proved to me that I could, er...
35:10It wasn't going to get me.
35:14Sorry, Kit.
35:23It was so nice to kind of have the kayaking
35:26and, like, just that whole thing to us was just really special.
35:29Like, you kind of have to cherish those moments.
35:31It's very important to cherish those moments.
35:33Just enjoy it.
35:34And that's...
35:35I think I try to say that to everyone.
35:36I absolutely enjoy it.
35:38Have you actually been kayaking since?
35:40I've actually booked a trip.
35:42We're going to, er...
35:43Norway with my wife.
35:45I think that whole rocky coast all the way up there...
35:48...would be unbelievable.
35:50Yeah.
35:51And we've booked kayaking in the fjords.
35:54Oh, wow.
35:55That'll be beautiful.
35:58I don't want to be stuck in a train station.
36:00For Molly, the race was an opportunity to find her own path in life
36:05and prove her independence.
36:08Is there a bus to Kiva?
36:09Bus, no.
36:10Taxi.
36:11Taxi.
36:12Taxi.
36:12I don't know what to do.
36:13I don't know.
36:15Before the race, I would have found it very difficult.
36:17Those big decisions, I would have overthought it.
36:21I would have got annoyed myself, especially if it went wrong.
36:23I don't want 100.
36:26I want 70.
36:2770.
36:2970.
36:30Daddy.
36:31He's there for 70.
36:33Well done.
36:34Good call, yeah?
36:35I do think now I am a wee bit more self-confident.
36:40That contentment has come with my decisions.
36:42People need their doctor to be confident,
36:45because that's who you're looking to for answers.
36:47So it's really nice to sleep at night
36:49and not have thoughts and thoughts and thoughts and thoughts.
36:53There was a definite change in Molly towards the end.
36:56Yeah.
36:56There was a strong sense of more confidence.
36:59Yeah.
36:59And more decidedness.
37:04Swamp, swamp.
37:05I want them.
37:07She's there in Belfast City.
37:09She's recording one, two, three.
37:11Please, will you tell me who is she?
37:14Roll them.
37:15Roll us!
37:18I think, pre-race, we kind of proved to each other,
37:21and, like, in life, we proved to each other
37:23we're good as father and daughter,
37:25and I think race, the one thing that allowed us
37:27to prove to each other is we're a good team,
37:29and that is we can make decisions,
37:31we can have equal opinion,
37:34and hold each other and be like,
37:35yeah, no, that's good, that's bad,
37:36and communicate.
37:38We've done.
37:38We did it.
37:39We did it.
37:40All right, kid.
37:41Come right there.
37:44We're sad.
37:48We'll still be her daddy for the rest of my life.
37:51But also, it'll be more of a friendship and a pal, yeah.
37:55Absolutely.
37:58There's features of beauty, isn't there?
38:00Yeah.
38:01It's got stone, look.
38:02Mega.
38:05Also looking to strengthen their bond
38:07and find a new dynamic,
38:09in-laws Mark and Margot.
38:11Oh, wow.
38:12I'd love to have a go at one of these, wouldn't you?
38:14I know you would.
38:15Come on, you get one, I get one.
38:17Mmm.
38:19Going with Mark, though, I really wanted this,
38:22but I...
38:22There was a little bit...
38:23We weren't completely comfortable, were we?
38:25Not at all, no.
38:27Er...
38:28I found her annoying.
38:30Margot thought I was a boring old fogey, basically.
38:34Judgy and boring.
38:35Judgy and boring, yes.
38:37Yeah.
38:37You may all know, Julie's last dying wish was that we became friends.
38:41We continued and build on our friendship, and that's what we did.
38:46I love Naples, absolutely brilliant place.
38:48I hate it.
38:49I loathe Naples.
38:51What?
38:51I just didn't enjoy it at all.
38:53I did think, how's it going to go with Mark?
38:56How are we going to be on the race?
38:57And I have to say, some people were a little bit doubtful
39:01about the two of us doing it together.
39:03They were a little bit, why are you going with Mark?
39:06What?
39:07In God's name.
39:09It's a white cocoon.
39:10What's it for?
39:11What did you...
39:12It's in modesty, sir.
39:13I just think it was ridiculous.
39:17But as the race progressed, we didn't have a care in the world, did we?
39:21No, no.
39:21Not a care in the world.
39:24Try hitting it flat on, like that.
39:26Oh, okay, okay.
39:29Yes!
39:32Now we're talking.
39:34Now we are talking.
39:39We're just two people enjoying the moment.
39:43Yeah.
39:43And we were just having a bit of a laugh, weren't we really?
39:46We were, yes.
39:46Woo!
39:49And it just organically just grew.
39:54The last two legs of it was so hard in Mongolia.
39:57That's when the real, it's the real cement between us,
40:00because that's when it was, we were on our knees.
40:02Yes, we were, yeah.
40:03And we needed each other, and we both needed to really pull together,
40:07didn't we, and support each other?
40:11Nope.
40:13Not the busiest of highways, is it?
40:15No.
40:17We think we missed a rush hour.
40:19We had to suffer.
40:20I think we had to suffer and push and strive for it really to be the adventure that it was,
40:28and for it to truly make us unite and have each other's back.
40:34We're doing blue sky thinking today.
40:36That's all we can do.
40:38You know, this determination to finish.
40:40A side of Margaret I'd never seen before.
40:43It's what kept me going, just about.
40:46Do you go to Harcorden?
40:48Yes?
40:48Oh, of course.
40:49So kind.
40:50Off we go.
40:51We're doing it our way, and we never, ever give up.
40:54As a team, we've always carried on.
40:57We've always forged on.
40:58And I'm so proud of her for doing that, you know.
41:02I would have given up.
41:03I would have given up without Margot being there.
41:06I wouldn't give up on you, though, Mark.
41:07I know you wouldn't.
41:08And that's a sign of friendship.
41:12Here's to you, Julia, wherever you are.
41:14Yeah.
41:15Who inspired us.
41:16Who inspired us.
41:17Thank you, Julia.
41:19Yeah.
41:19Thank you, Julia!
41:20She's laughing.
41:24For Margot, travelling was also an opportunity
41:27to step away from her day-to-day routine.
41:29Ooh!
41:30Part of coming on the race was, like,
41:32running away from real life and just enjoying myself
41:35and just be me for a change and just go,
41:37let rip.
41:39Taking respite from her responsibilities,
41:41like caring for her elderly mum.
41:44Since I've got back from the race,
41:46I've been more centred.
41:48I did feel like Dorothy coming back in The Wizard of Oz,
41:51you know, coming home and that there is no place like home.
41:53I was kind of, in a way, running away from my situation.
41:56In life.
41:58But now, actually, the determination I was applying
42:01to those challenges, I've applied them to my life.
42:04The BBC?
42:05BBC, yes.
42:07Race across the world.
42:10To make things nicer, to make things easier.
42:14And so I'm living that best life, but in Liverpool.
42:17Oh, my goodness!
42:18For Mark, the race also became something more.
42:21Oh, my gosh!
42:25Shifting his perspective on life itself.
42:28It's unbelievable, this!
42:31Wildness!
42:32It's strange to say, you know, at 67,
42:34I was always embarrassed about doing things.
42:37What people might say, what people might think.
42:40I just couldn't care less now.
42:42In a way, because of Margot, she's very open and very free
42:45and doesn't worry what people think about her.
42:47And I've taken that on board.
42:48You were first on the dance floor in Sri Lanka as well.
42:51He led, he led the party.
42:53Oh, I was, yes.
42:54Yeah, the bailer.
42:55Yeah.
42:57You know, for us, we were winners,
42:58because we'd done what we wanted to set out to do.
43:01And we'd won for Julia.
43:02That was the thing.
43:03Yes.
43:03Yes.
43:03We are good friends.
43:05We're mates now.
43:06We are, yeah, mates.
43:07Do you think you'd go on holiday again?
43:10Well...
43:10We've been talking about it, yes.
43:12Yes!
43:12We have been talking about it, yes.
43:13And we like adventure.
43:15We do want to...
43:15We are definitely up for adventure.
43:17Like, it's so nice that you have that relationship together
43:20and you've built that for Julia.
43:22Like, wherever she is now,
43:24I'm sure she's very happy to see you both like this.
43:26It's almost like she was on the race with you.
43:29Yeah.
43:29She was on the race with you.
43:30Yeah.
43:30That's lovely.
43:31It's a lovely legacy.
43:32Lovely legacy.
43:41Arriving in Mongolia,
43:43the filming teams faced one of the toughest environments
43:45the race had come up against.
43:48Navigating extreme weather and limited infrastructure
43:51after months of meticulous planning.
44:01The planning of Mongolia,
44:03it must have been a huge endeavour for everyone.
44:05We're here in Mongolia.
44:06It's all very exciting.
44:07We've got this massive map of the country
44:10that our level fixers have lent us.
44:13And we basically have just got all of the stops
44:15and the potential places we think that the cast might be headed.
44:18We just need to make sure we know where all the teams are at all times.
44:21To ensure safety, production members keep the teams trackable
44:26and in sight whenever they travel by car
44:28and what are called follow vehicles.
44:32So this is day 42 of Race Across the World
44:35and I'm in our SV following the cast and crew.
44:40They are over here.
44:43I'm currently wrangling yesterday's rushes.
44:47This is my office.
44:50The final two weeks of race
44:52and this just feels like an absolute privilege and pleasure
44:56to be here filming this.
45:00It's in the middle of nowhere,
45:01but I think we're in Mongolia.
45:03I actually currently can't hear them
45:05because we've got so many devices plugged into me.
45:08We've got walkies, we've got phones, we've got Garmin.
45:13Currently the only way we can contact the SV is with our Garmin.
45:17Garmin.
45:18So...
45:19Yes, we're on our own.
45:20Yes.
45:29Right, Waza.
45:30Again, we may need minus 25 degrees.
45:33It's going to be cold.
45:34Stay covered properly.
45:37Good luck.
45:39It's still warm.
45:41Do well.
45:43While we're in here in Mongolia,
45:44it's cold during the day and even colder at night,
45:47so we need quick access to extra layers after sunset.
45:50From Italy to Mongolia,
45:52we've gone from plus 30 down to minus 30,
45:56which in itself brings new problems.
45:58Where Italy was sunburn, here with topothermia.
46:03To battle the sub-zero conditions,
46:06everyone on the ground had to be equipped with extreme cold weather gear.
46:10This is where we slept last night, but the snow was off.
46:14It's exceptionally cold.
46:15Lots of layers on.
46:16It is quite extreme here.
46:18The worst part of the entire night was doing snoring, guys.
46:20It's such a bit of...
46:22It's your snoring.
46:23It's your snoring.
46:25It's your snoring.
46:25It's colder than I had expected there about you.
46:28The coats we had, the outfits,
46:30like, we'd put your hood up and pull the zip ties
46:33and you'd literally have a little space like this to look through.
46:36It was fun, isn't it?
46:39Yeah, but I think I grossly underestimated how cold it was going to be.
46:44Ending in Mongolia was just crazy.
46:47It is so cold.
46:49Yeah.
46:50Oh, my God.
46:52Where are you going?
46:54We don't have a clue.
46:56There's just such vastness and so many random things can happen.
46:59So, for the crew,
47:01the amount of planning needed to try and get ten idiots
47:03to race across the world is insane.
47:11I mean, when we started this whole journey,
47:14we always said, we were like,
47:15when we travel, we want to live it,
47:17but me and Jo have never really...
47:18We spent some time together being, like, little holidays,
47:20but it's never been more than, like, what, like, a week, two weeks
47:22we've ever spent at the same time.
47:24And so it was nothing to what I'd imagined.
47:29This is important.
47:31Slides of shame.
47:31And these...
47:33Comfort.
47:34Comfort is your best friend.
47:35Those are old man shoes down there.
47:37Those are old man shoes.
47:38Oh.
47:39Eager to make every second count,
47:42fresh out of college,
47:43Jo and Kush wanted to explore life
47:45beyond the familiar world they were raised in
47:47by their mums in Liverpool.
47:50This is our plan.
47:52This is our security,
47:53which I'm going to be taken charge of.
47:56We still need to be on it with Kush sometimes.
47:59We've got our passports, Kush.
48:00Yeah, yeah.
48:02Excuse me.
48:02What are you trying to say?
48:03Definitely.
48:04Liverpool's a small place.
48:05We've gone out the city, don't get me wrong,
48:07but it's kind of like,
48:09you still don't scale
48:11how probably the world is.
48:13I mean, coming into this,
48:14once we applied,
48:15we realised we are probably going to be the youngest.
48:17Come on!
48:17So I think with youth comes this preconception
48:21of lack of maturity,
48:24lack of life experience.
48:26and we've seen ourselves as the underdogs,
48:28we've seen ourselves as the,
48:29yeah, the least capable.
48:30And I think it's flipped, isn't it?
48:33They didn't pass 3am in the morning.
48:36Yes, 3am in the morning.
48:38I don't think any teams could have done it faster.
48:42Don't judge a book by his cover.
48:44I think one thing about me and Joe
48:45is we're actually good at different things.
48:47We work well with what the other person will act as
48:49and like me, I sort of overthought a lot
48:51and I was like,
48:52we have to do with everything
48:53and think of it in a specific way
48:54and Joe would be like,
48:56no, just act, do.
48:57So that's where I would have probably held us back
48:59if I'd kept trying to plan everything.
49:01I would still be in Palermo if you weren't there,
49:04but...
49:07You're behind the strategy.
49:09You're, like, you're very calculated
49:11and I think I focus too much on the present
49:14whereas you look so far into the future.
49:16It helped me see the finish line,
49:17if that makes sense.
49:19Actually, Joe and Kush,
49:21I feel like you make the mistakes at the beginning
49:23and you learn from those mistakes early on
49:26and then you ace it for the final round,
49:28which is what I think you guys basically did.
49:31Trial of birth.
49:32Yeah.
49:32Well, especially being last,
49:34it's a kick up the ass,
49:35you know what I mean?
49:37Although he sustained a drive to succeed...
49:40Uzbekistan, this way.
49:43She doesn't know he's gone.
49:45Oh, my days.
49:46Kush struggled with his mental health.
49:49We need to do for this price.
49:51In no way.
49:53Oh, I feel sick.
49:56I think the race was probably the peak of my strolls
49:59when I was losing the most sleep.
50:03The risk of making one wrong choice had such an impact.
50:08You have a lot to worry about.
50:10I'm going to be thinking the entire night.
50:12It's been such a rough day.
50:14I had a lot of reminders of my dad
50:16and it dug up a lot of feelings that I hadn't dealt with.
50:19We can still do this.
50:22God.
50:24We just can't give up.
50:26I think a lot of the race involves how you cope with stress.
50:30Because if you let the stress get to you, you will break
50:33and you can literally go home.
50:36You can't expect to go on a journey and expect it to be all fine.
50:39But I know you're benefiting from venting.
50:43Just talking, yeah.
50:47I just really appreciate the fact that Joe's always up for sort of
50:52looking after me in a way.
50:58Yeah, I mean, he is my best mate.
51:05But yeah, we kept each other sane.
51:07We kept moving.
51:11Come on, bro. Final spin.
51:12And we never gave up once.
51:18What? Wait.
51:20How did we do that, bro?
51:24I've started seeing a weekly counsellor just to help process my emotions
51:28and I think it's really, really helped.
51:29Nothing to do with the race, just in day-to-day life.
51:31And now I can learn to handle myself a lot better.
51:34But it's about learning.
51:35Yeah, exactly.
51:36Life's learning and life's about learning and learning as you go on.
51:39Better learn it now when you're younger.
51:41Yeah, definitely.
51:42You're 67.
51:44The one thing the race did teach as well is it is actually OK to ask for help.
51:47I mean, we couldn't have done it without asking for...
51:49100%?
51:51...hundreds of people helped us on our journey.
51:53I'm going to pay them.
51:54What?
51:55Are you serious?
51:56Yeah.
51:57Oh, my God.
51:58Oh, my God.
52:00Thank you so much.
52:01You've been so much help.
52:02Joe, bro said we could stay at his house?
52:04What?
52:09How many times a week do you read Sardin?
52:11Five.
52:11Five times a week?
52:13Yes.
52:13Is that very strong, yeah?
52:15Yes.
52:15No gym, no training, nothing.
52:17Just Sardin.
52:18Just Sardin.
52:18Just Sardin.
52:19Yes, yes.
52:21The people they met and the confidence they gained from them inspired Joe to travel independently,
52:27taking his first solo trip to the Gambia.
52:31Yeah.
52:31I think, yeah, the race definitely encouraged me to continue travelling and I don't think
52:36I would have gone to Gambia without it.
52:37I did get in contact with this family who owned a farm and they look for travellers to
52:43come help them work.
52:45And in return they get food, a shelter and a family to chill with.
52:51And that's what I did.
52:51And I did, I explained how I wanted to explore my heritage and I think they resonated with
52:59that.
53:00They were very caring.
53:02What would you like to do next?
53:03What do you fancy doing?
53:05We've got no real plan at the moment in terms of the future but I know that we both are
53:09going to travel.
53:10We don't know where yet but it's going to happen.
53:12At 19 years old you guys have accomplished something so major in your life.
53:17I wish I was doing the stuff like this when I was 19.
53:20I was just revising for exams.
53:22That's my whole life.
53:24Honestly, so proud of you.
53:26So proud of you from the bottom of our hearts.
53:28Genuinely.
53:30Let's go.
53:31Let's go.
53:33This is it bro.
53:35The race was tough.
53:37It was tough and it's amazing to know that we can get through it and succeed.
53:44Three, two, one.
53:47Oh my God!
53:49Oh my God!
53:50Oh my God!
53:51Oh my God!
53:52You have won!
53:53Yo!
53:54I feel this race is bigger than a degree.
53:58You're actually joking.
54:00You're actually...
54:02Bro!
54:06The biggest thing I've taken from the race is that life's to be lived and go and enjoy
54:12it.
54:13It's not all be all end all.
54:15Yeah.
54:15Yeah.
54:15Like there is another way and actually the winds end up being a lot sweeter because you've
54:19dealt with the low.
54:20You can just do whatever you want and the world is there to be seen and put your phone
54:26down and actually listen to people.
54:28Can I take you into school and say that?
54:30Yeah.
54:33I've got a question for everyone.
54:35Would you do it again?
54:37Yeah.
54:37Absolutely.
54:38Absolutely.
54:38Absolutely.
54:39Yeah.
54:39I'd pay a lot of money to do it again.
54:43Yeah.
54:46Oh, nice.
54:47Yeah.
54:51Hmm.
54:51Punch, look, look, look, look.
54:52Look, look, look, look, look.
54:53Wow.
54:56It's gorgeous.
54:59Young, single, available and full of dumpling.
55:02What more could you want?
55:04Oh, where are we going?
55:09It's definitely the most beautiful drive I've ever been on my entire life. Wow. It's almost mystical, isn't it?
55:15Oh my teeny microphone. Oh, look, there's one there. Oh, it's huge.
55:22You're active. I love it. I'm very proud of us.
55:28Epic, absolutely epic. Katie, what are you doing?
55:32Oh, f*** it.
55:36Whoa! Oh my God!
55:38We have won.
55:38Yeah!
55:41We did it. We won.
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