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Race Across the World Season 6 Episode 9
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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. Incredible.
00:26You don't see that on a new build in Manchester here.
00:28We 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.
00:42I love how flat it is into, like, absolute mountains.
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?
01:14I 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.
01:28No!
01:31Now, for the first time since the finish line, they reunite.
01:36Hello.
01:37How are we doing?
01:38To share their stories.
01:40To share their stories.
01:40I don't think I was thinking anything other than, I can't believe I'm here.
01:44To 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 is very open, very free.
02:00And I've taken that on board.
02:04And 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.
02:25Come on.
02:25Across 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, ready to see their fellow competitors for the
02:57first 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, father and daughter Andrew and Molly.
03:12Hello!
03:13Go on.
03:14Can't get up to them.
03:15I'm so excited.
03:19Good to see you.
03:19Good to see you.
03:20Andrew.
03:21Good to see you.
03:22That's beautiful.
03:23Look at you.
03:24Good.
03:25Oh, my God.
03:25It's just been absolutely wild.
03:28Should we go and do it again?
03:28Yeah.
03:30We're going to 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.
03:40Good to see you.
03:41Oh, look at you.
03:42Good to see you.
03:42Good to see you.
03:43Have you been up to any adventures?
03:45He's been travelling.
03:46He got right out, got his rucksack on.
03:48Did you have a rucksack?
03:49Yeah, rucksack.
03:50In Thailand.
03:51On his own?
03:51On my own.
03:52Singapore.
03:53Sri Lanka.
03:54Oh, jealous.
03:55And guess who I bumped into Sri Lanka?
03:58Ah!
03:59You've been away.
04:00You've been away.
04:02I did Sydney, New Zealand and then Sri Lanka.
04:06Race really gave me that sense of freedom.
04:08So, actually, I can do a bit more travelling.
04:12We bumped into each other.
04:13That is fun.
04:14I know.
04:14It was so good.
04:16I was like, Mom!
04:18Hi.
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.
04:31We 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!
04:45How are you?
04:47You lost the voice?
04:48My voice.
04:49All perfect.
04:50The voice is gone.
04:52Oh, you guys!
04:55That is terrible timing.
04:59And the last pair to join the pack, 19-year-old best friends,
05:04Joe and Kush.
05:05Are we the last ones?
05:07Yeah, I think we're the last ones.
05:10Yeah, I think we're the last ones.
05:10Good boy, Jerry.
05:13Hi!
05:14Awesome!
05:15Good to see you.
05:17Good to see you.
05:17Good to see you.
05:19Awesome.
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, Gares, as the people who left early, who do you think, between the whole lot of us, who do
05:32you think won?
05:33Who's giving winner energy?
05:34We always thought that you two would win, Mark and Margot, yeah.
05:38You were always so charming and, like, full of energy and, like, you just seemed 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 were exactly the same.
05:46Oh, gosh.
05:47Who ever won, can you please step forward?
05:56Oh, my God, I'm so proud.
06:08Rosh, look.
06:09It looks 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. It's Molly and...
06:31Daddy.
06:31Andrew.
06:33Hello, I'm Harrison.
06:35And I'm Ken too.
06:36We are siblings. I'm 22, she's 20.
06:39Why we want to do it is because we want to see the world, want to experience things, add some
06:44spice to life, you know?
06:45Keep it interesting.
06:46Yeah, experience, like, different, yeah, cultures, people.
06:50Hi, I'm Pooja.
06:51And I'm Roshni.
06:52Please take us.
06:54Yeah, 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.
07:01Margaret just has fun, fun, fun.
07:05And as casting progressed, all shortlisted candidates were brought to London to test their navigation skills.
07:13Without phones or cash, and armed only with cryptic clues.
07:19Ask someone.
07:20Yeah, unless you've read my mind.
07:21Excuse me, ma'am.
07:22Excuse me.
07:22Excuse me.
07:22We're in a race at the moment, and we just need some help finding out where our location is.
07:27Molly's taking charge.
07:28I 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?
07:38It's Southbound.
07:38No, it's for good.
07:39It's Southbound.
07:41Just ask people, it's easier.
07:42Do a challenge, and these ladies are filming for this challenge to see if I can get anything
07:47for my birthday.
07:47It's 59 today.
07:48I've got my passport and my bag if you want to see.
07:4959.
07:50Yeah.
07:50So cool.
07:51Oh, this is sick.
07:53No way.
07:54That's sick.
07:5521 minutes.
07:56What?
07:57Yes, mate.
07:58Nice.
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.
08:11Oh!
08:12Their destination revealed just hours before departure.
08:17You'll be flying to...
08:19Palermo in Sicily.
08:20Sicily.
08:20Oh, my God.
08:21Southern Italy.
08:22We're going to have pizza tonight.
08:25Oh, that's brilliant.
08:26Sicily.
08:27That's brilliant.
08:27Sicily.
08:28Mamma mia.
08:29In the historic city of Palermo...
08:32I'm actually really nervous, I can't lie.
08:34Syria.
08:35...they all came face to face for the very first time.
08:39Here we go.
08:40Oh, they're looking fit and young.
08:41Good to meet you.
08:42I'm Margot.
08:42Margot, I'm Joel.
08:44Oh, I can see you.
08:45Hey!
08:45Hi!
08:46Hi, guys.
08:47So I'm guessing everyone's here to win.
08:49I have a saying, seconds force loser.
08:51Oh, okay.
08:53Suddenly, I'm just like, I need to win this.
08:56That'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, can't believe I'm here.
09:18Yeah, yeah.
09:19And can't believe I'm about to do this.
09:21And this backpack's heavy.
09:22I hypnotised myself to believe that backpack was really light, didn't I?
09:26She 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.
09:36You know, a day and a half ahead of the first leg.
09:39You know, it's unbelievable.
09:41It was.
09:41It 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.
09:58I couldn't turn it off.
09:58It is him, yeah.
10:02I've got a toiletry bag the size of a house.
10:06Yeah.
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.
10:40Being a tight bastard works.
10:43Pocket meat and cheese.
10:46Really dry.
10:48Really dry is an understatement.
10:50Like I've just stuck my face in the Sahara Desert.
10:52I'm so sweet.
10:54I took it very personally as my responsibility to get us to that finish line.
10:58And it kind of soothes 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?
11:13That really took over for me.
11:15Like 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, 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.
11:38I 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.
11:44No, I'm not.
11:46As they ventured further east, Katie's desire to pause and take it all in...
11:51..feels very much once in a lifetime.
11:56..started to shift Harrison's perspective on the race.
11:59I'm on a horse in Kyrgyzstan.
12:04It's incredible.
12:06That is just ridiculous.
12:08This is stunning.
12:22The picture of Tesco Express.
12:26Tesco.
12:27He was so chuffed with his picture of Tesco Express.
12:30Such a lovely moment, but funny.
12:33Why am I sat in a treehouse in Turkey looking at a picture of Tesco?
12:37That was kind of when I sort of let go a little bit and stopped and started to appreciate and
12:43spend 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?
12:52What has he given you?
12:53It's a medal.
12:55Oh, half marathon.
12:58We are friends.
12:59Well, Harrison actually sent something, didn't you?
13:01Yeah, yeah. I have...
13:03We got in contact with the guy that sent me a medal.
13:05And I've sent him my warning back.
13:07A little sort of UK hamper box.
13:09Oh, that's so nice.
13:11Yeah.
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.
13:25But it might happen.
13:26I guess now you've learned that, firstly, it's not like a holiday.
13:29Well, I call it a bit a holiday sometimes. Maybe if you're doing it Margot's way.
13:35Their growth as a team came from learning to open up to one another.
13:40Deepening a bond in ways Katie had 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.
13:59Because before, like, I might have felt like I wanted to say something to you.
14:03You know, something's bothering me if I was upset or something.
14:06Erm, but I physically could not get the words out.
14:09Whereas now, I think, because, yeah, the race is just a really intense environment
14:13and you've got to be supportive for each other.
14:16I just wanted to say, erm, like, I suppose, thank you for...
14:21..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
14:32and you a better understanding of me.
14:33Yeah, but you do grow and you have to and it's a life experience
14:36and you have to accept it as a life experience and realise
14:39and take something from it and you did.
14:42Yeah. Yeah.
14:44OK, 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.
15:01Oh, my God. Well done with 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. This 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. Absolutely, yeah.
15:26With cameras recording their every move.
15:29With them, a five-person team responsible for capturing the general views,
15:35known as the GV crew, who film the scale, beauty and rich variety of the journey.
15:43If I want to give up teaching, there's one job I would want to have.
15:46It's the crew. They do all those picturesque shots.
15:49Yeah. Yeah.
15:49And what a job to be able to do.
15:51We're shooting Athens out today.
15:53We'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.
16:00Sometimes it helps. It came out and 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
16:17and think about how to capture this beautiful area in the best way possible,
16:22which is what you see on the screens.
16:23So they essentially inspire the whole of the UK and whoever watches a race across the world
16:29to want to go to these places by the way they capture it on camera.
16:34Wow. Look at this.
16:36We're going to shoot this time-lapse over the mountains.
16:39It is beautiful here. The landscape is incredible.
16:47And it's heckling. They've got so much stuff, right?
16:49They've got long distance cameras, wide shot lenses, they'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 dovetailing seamlessly
17:05to bring the race to life.
17:08Combs check.
17:10In London, a 20-strong team of producers, researchers and production management
17:17following evolving stories and potential routes.
17:20You've got someone who is relaying back every decision,
17:23everything we say to the head office in London.
17:26Yeah.
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, living 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. The bigger one should be the sheet.
17:56Oh.
17:57You'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. Do you think that's right?
18:14Yeah, I think they're about 60 minutes away.
18:15There's a whole team that stays in the checkpoint and 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!
18:36Hotel, I'm Elise.
18:38I'm at ease.
18:40There we go!
18:43And they're to support each team on their arrival.
18:46Say hi, Hannah. Give 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.
18:58And that's it.
19:00Once the planning's done, it's over to the race.
19:04Unpredictable.
19:06Unscripted.
19:07And whatever happens, whenever teams arrive, the crew has to be ready.
19:11We are here at the finale location, and we are just waiting for one of the teams to come in.
19:17Where the spit is, there's a direct line of sight, so we don't want the cars to see us,
19:21so we're having to lie down and hide, voiced for the signal.
19:28OK, let's go, go, go, go, go, everyone!
19:32That 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 into these devices for the runway.
19:46The fuse!
19:47Good.
19:51Find the amphitheatre and the way for the instructions.
19:54We need to find them in a row.
19:55Yeah.
19:55I think it's at the other side of the bridge.
19:57Yeah.
19:58OK, ready?
19:59Power everything up.
20:03Is this right?
20:04Yeah.
20:05Oh!
20:07There are two blocks in there.
20:08Yeah.
20:12Bonnie.
20:14Barbersome, the hotel's here.
20:15Margot, it's here!
20:16Yes!
20:18Copy that, we're rolling.
20:20Here it is, John.
20:25Please, sign in 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, Mark.
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.
21:28Is this actually a joke?
21:29Don't ask 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.
21:37So, 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.
21:47Right, little money moves.
21:47It's right there!
21:49Yes, Poshy!
21:50Come on!
21:51I hope 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, you could be a threat.
22:08And it was these guys...
22:10So, you guys, because you're clever, that's the thing.
22:11Wolfies are very, very, like...
22:12But quite quickly, you were like, zoop!
22:15Here are the boys!
22:16How are we?
22:17Do you know where you're going now?
22:18Yeah.
22:18Right, you guys, you got a plan?
22:20Yeah.
22:20We have a plan, yeah.
22:21Are we allowed to know where you're heading to?
22:24They're trying to probably have fun.
22:25They're trying to get informationals.
22:27See you, boys.
22:28We'll see you guys soon.
22:29Take care.
22:30Oh, no.
22:31Best friends last night.
22:33Sworn enemies.
22:34Yeah!
22:34Whoa!
22:35Oh!
22:36We were there to win, really.
22:38We are.
22:38We were there.
22:39I'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.
22:43You 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.
22:54We're...
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.
23:02Thought not.
23:02That's a shame.
23:04And I was like, nah, realistically, we're here to win.
23:07I feel like we should not belong.
23:08No.
23:09Oh, lad, 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 anybody.
23:16I'm glad.
23:17Set a precedent.
23:19100%.
23:20I would very much say that your experience was to win, and you really enjoyed it.
23:24And the whole way through, we were very competitive, obviously.
23:27Yeah.
23:27But we were forced, and we were trying our hardest, and we were still coming in.
23:32And, like, we were constantly back of the pack, back of the pack.
23:35And it was about staying in it.
23:36People talk about strategies.
23:37If we had any strategy coming into this was 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 at the final break?
23:47Not speaking to you again.
23:49That's it.
23:49We're finished.
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, the favourite moments for me, and it sounds so sad, but
24:00it was when, like, connecting transport just worked out.
24:03Honest to God.
24:04Like, I just couldn't relax until 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, that we should wait and 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.
24:21You should have waited 12.
24:27Smile.
24:29Oh.
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 to step away from the busy careers they'd worked hard to build
24:41and embrace a more unpredictable way of life.
24:46Pepperoncino.
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.
24:56Quanto.
25:02What are you doing?
25:03Oh, no.
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.
25:14But life happens.
25:15I think the goal of just going onto this is we'd both been in our careers for, like, ten years.
25:21So, life gets very intense.
25:23And we wanted to do something about that.
25:26This guy.
25:27He is a guard of the gods.
25:29Okay, he's waving.
25:31I've always wanted to take time off, but there's always been a reason not to.
25:35So, I guess race kind of forced us to take the time off and it kind of, it showed that
25:39it's not the end of the world.
25:42Where are you going?
25:43Ah!
25:44Oh, sorry.
25:46What time is the bus?
25:49Yes!
25:50Yes!
25:51I'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, but actually you need to put in that effort
26:09to make sure
26:10you keep that relationship.
26:12And, you know, we just, we 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 Turquia.
26:22We asked about buses tonight, but 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 led to their surprise elimination.
26:34Please sign in at Overleaf.
26:35Oh, my God.
26:37We're lost.
26:40We're lost.
26:46I think when we saw the book, we didn't expect that everybody would have done so well on that leg,
26:54but you guys aced it.
26:55But saying that, it was a great leg.
26:58Like, we had an incredible time.
26:59And honestly, Mongolia was for you guys.
27:03Like, I'm so happy that you guys had that adventure.
27:06Also, we got to go on our own adventure.
27:08Yeah.
27:09We went on a trip to Vietnam after all of this ended.
27:15It was just such a great place.
27:17The way we 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 with our husbands, with our families.
27:31So, if this had not happened, I 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 has given each one of us.
27:42It has brought you together.
27:43And, like, my wife has said to me, like, who are you travelling with?
27:46All that kind of thing.
27:46And I'd say, like, beautiful girl who's an anesthetist.
27:49And I go, I just want Molly to turn out like you.
27:53And I mean that.
27:54Just amazing.
27:55And 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, this was a journey defined by endurance and extremes.
28:18Look, look, look.
28:19Oh, that is really nice.
28:20You could see the whole coast.
28:21From the sun-baked coastlines of Europe to the untamed expanse of Central Asia.
28:27Oh, my God.
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.
28:38Oh, feel the cold.
28:42Retracing a path steeped in history along the old Silk Road, they encountered a huge variety of people and local
28:50customs.
28:52My father.
28:53Oh.
28:53Hello, hello.
28:54Nice to meet you.
28:55Hello, hello, hello.
28:56Hello.
28:57Nice to meet you.
28:58Oh, my God.
29:01Oh, my God.
29:02Oh, my God.
29:02Oh, my God.
29:03Oh, my God.
29:03Oh, my God.
29:05Oh, my God.
29:06Yes.
29:06Yes.
29:07It is just such a extreme, is it?
29:11Like, you just started off in, like, Central, Mainland Europe, where you had all the comforts, really, of home, and
29:17then going to just nothing.
29:18In the middle of nowhere, it is mad.
29:20Once you left Europe, 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, it was a completely different journey.
29:34But even from the trains, you must have got to see scenery.
29:38Nothing?
29:38There's absolutely nothing.
29:40What?
29:41It's like being on the moon. I 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 afto, car, machine, afto?
29:59Lots of transport to no transport.
30:01Yeah.
30:02The bus?
30:03It's all closed.
30:04Closed, yes.
30:05I found the bus station.
30:07It's just a shed.
30:09Holy moly.
30:11Traffic jam.
30:12Look at them, there's millions of them.
30:14I'd say this year, race is very much extreme.
30:17That's the word to sum it up.
30:19Yeah.
30:19I think it's just so nice that you just...
30:22You're worried that they don't speak the same language,
30:25but you find a way to communicate.
30:26Like, whether it's you dancing with everyone,
30:29or, you know, our man with the Tesco.
30:32Like, you...
30:33Yeah, you find calm and growing.
30:35You'll always find a way to communicate.
30:37That was, like, the most beautiful thing ever.
30:38Yeah, yeah.
30:38When we did all these homestays, like, 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.
30:50No, they treated us like family.
30:55Oh, my God.
30:59You've done that so well.
31:02Places that we went were very different to the Western world.
31:05It was a real...
31:06It was a culture shock in the coolest way.
31:08Is this a really big deal?
31:10Oh, my God.
31:11There's an eagle?
31:13Hello.
31:14Nice to meet you.
31:14My name is Nazgud.
31:16Nazgud?
31:16Yes.
31:16Kush.
31:17It's nice to meet you.
31:18Your eyes are so beautiful.
31:22Yeah, that's okay.
31:22It's okay.
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, he's very good.
31:42Yeah.
31:45But when we got to Mongolia,
31:48it really got hard for us.
31:50We really struggled.
31:51It felt like your choices were kind of taken away from you,
31:55because 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?
32:00It then just became get there.
32:01You couldn't be competitive with each other.
32:03You were just being competitive against Mongolia.
32:05It's the best way to put it,
32:07is that you were fighting the elements.
32:08I think the temperature swing the whole way we figured out
32:11was like a 54 degree temperature swing from Hottie to Caudis
32:14and it's just...
32:14I was looking forward to the cold,
32:17but maybe not that cold.
32:19Maybe I wish too hard for that.
32:22Like your clothes had to change.
32:23Yeah.
32:24Your 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.
32:33Just thrown them out, had less weight to carry.
32:35No, just layering up, layering up.
32:37Just layering up.
32:37Mongolia just wore the same out for every single day.
32:39Yes, I did.
32:39And all your clothes.
32:40Yeah.
32:41Honestly, did anything change your clothes in Mongolia?
32:44Because I didn't know.
32:47But as somebody who's only kind of really gone on family holidays,
32:51I really, really struggled with the...
32:54Did 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,
33:03and never did it.
33:04Because it was pure want to do it.
33:05Yes, yes.
33:05But it was a fear that kind of stopped you doing it before.
33:09It was a physical test as well as a mental test.
33:12One of the reasons I did lack self-confidence
33:14in my ability to do it was the heart attack.
33:18Mm-hm.
33:18And the heart attack put me back kind of mentally quite a bit.
33:23Starting off in Sicily, my 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
33:37wouldn't hold him back.
33:39I would always say to children in class,
33:43the word 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.
33:50Whew!
33:52Jesus!
33:56You're sweating, buddy.
33:59The relief of getting to that first checkpoint
34:02and signing that book gave 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.
34:20I've never seen these before or 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.
34:31That's what I do.
34:31That's what I love.
34:34I'm really looking forward to getting out in the kayak.
34:37I have my own kayak at home,
34:39but I've never actually used it because of my...
34:41Dickey ticker.
34:42My Dickey 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.
35:05The proof to me that I could, uh...
35:10That 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, uh...
35:44Norway with my wife.
35:45I think that whole rocky coast all the way up there
35:48would be unbelievable.
35:50Yeah.
35:51And we've booked kayaking in the fjords.
35:54Oh, wow.
35:55I'll be beautiful.
35:59I don't want to be stuck at a train station.
36:01For Molly, the race was an opportunity
36:04to find her own path in life
36:05and prove her independence.
36:08Is there a bus to Kiva?
36:09Bus, no.
36:10Taxi, taxi.
36:12Taxi, talk a taxi.
36:13I don't know what to say. I 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.
36:24I don't want 100.
36:26I want 70.
36:2870.
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.
36:43People need their doctorate to be confident
36:45because that's who you're looking to for answers.
36:47So it's really nice to sleep at night
36:50and not have thoughts and thoughts and thoughts and thoughts.
36:53There was a definite change in you, 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 like them.
37:05Slurp, swamp.
37:07She's there on Belfast City.
37:09She's a courting one, two, three.
37:11Please really tell me, who is she?
37:14From the...
37:15We're all the...
37:15We're all the...
37:16We're all the...
37:16We're all the...
37:16We're all the...
37:17We're all the...
37:18We're all the...
37:18We're all the...
37:19I 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,
37:26Yeah.
37:26allowed us to prove to each other we're a good team and that is we can make
37:30decisions we can have equal opinion and hold each other and be like yeah no that's
37:36good that's bad and communicate we've done we did it we did it
37:48so be her daddy for the rest of my life head but also it'll be a it'll be more
37:53of a friendship and a pal yeah absolutely there's features of beauty isn't there yeah
38:01good stonework mega also looking to strengthen their bond and find a new dynamic in-laws mark
38:10and margot oh wow i'd love to have a go on one of these i know you come on you
38:15get one i get one
38:16um going with mark though i i really wanted this but i i there was a little bit we weren't
38:24completely comfortable were we not at all no uh i found her annoying margot thought i was a boring
38:33old fogey basically judgy and boring judgy and boring yes yeah you may all know julie's last
38:39dying wish was that we became friends we continued and build on our friendship and that's what we did
38:46i love naples absolutely brilliant place i i hate it i loathe naples i just didn't enjoy it at all
38:53i did think how's it going to go with mark how are we going to be on the race and
38:58i have to say some
38:58people were a little bit doubtful about the two of us doing it together they were a little bit why
39:04are
39:04you going to go with mark what in god's name it's a white cocoon what what's it for what did
39:11you
39:11what what modesty so i just think it was ridiculous
39:17but as the race progressed we didn't have a care in the world did we not care in the world
39:23yeah should i hit it flat on like that oh okay okay
39:32now we're talking now we are talking
39:39we're just two people enjoying the moment yeah and we were just having a
39:44a bit of a laugh weren't we really we were yes and it just organically just grew
39:54the last two legs of it was so hard in mongolia that's when the real it's the real cement between
39:59us because it's that's when it was we we were on our knees and we just and we needed each
40:04other and
40:05we both needed to really pull together didn't we and support each other yeah
40:12nope not the busiest of highways is it no if you miss a rush hour we had to suffer i
40:21think we had to
40:21suffer and push and strive for it really to be the adventure that it was and for it to truly
40:29make us
40:30unite and and have each other's back we're doing blue sky thinking today that's all we can do
40:38you know this determination to finish the side of margot i'd never seen before it's what kept me
40:44going just about you go to harcorden yes oh god so kind thank you off we go we're doing it
40:52our way
40:53and we never ever give up as a team we've always always forged on we've always forged on and i'm
40:59so
40:59proud of for doing that you know i would have given up i would have given up without margot being
41:05there i wouldn't give up on you though mark and he wouldn't and that was so that was that and
41:09that's
41:10a sign of friendship uh here's to you julia wherever you are yeah who inspired us who inspired us
41:17thank you julia yeah thank you julia she's laughing
41:24for margot traveling was also an opportunity to step away from her day-to-day routine part of coming
41:31on the race was like running away from real life and just enjoying myself and just be me for a
41:36change
41:36and just go let rip taking respite from her responsibilities like caring for her elderly mum
41:44since i've got back from the race i've been more centered it did feel like dorothy coming back in the
41:51wizard of arts you know coming home and there is no place like home i was kind of in a
41:54way running
41:55away from my situation in life but now actually the determination i was applying to those challenges
42:02i've applied them to my life this bbc bbc yes race across the world to make things nicer to make
42:13things
42:13easier and so i'm living that best life but in liverpool oh my goodness for mark the race also
42:20became something more oh my gosh shifting his perspective on life itself it's unbelievable this
42:31wildness it's strange to say you know at 67 i was always embarrassed about doing things
42:37of what people might say what people might think i just couldn't care less now anyway because margot
42:43she's very open and very free and doesn't worry what people think about her and i've taken that on
42:48board you were first on the dance floor in sri lanka as well he led he led the party oh
42:53i was yes
42:54yeah the bailer yeah you know for us we were winners because we'd done what we wanted set out to
43:00do
43:01and we'd won for julia that was the thing yes yes we are good good friends we're mates now we
43:06are
43:06yeah mates do you think you'd go on holiday again well we've been talking about it yes we have been
43:13talking about it and we'd like adventure we do want we we are definitely up for adventure like it's so
43:18nice that you have that relationship together and you've built that for julia like wherever she is
43:24now i'm sure she's very happy to see you both like this it's almost like she was on the race
43:28with you
43:28yeah she was on the race yeah it's a lovely legacy lovely legacy
43:41arriving in mongolia the filming teams faced one of the toughest environments the race had come up
43:47against navigating extreme weather and limited infrastructure after months of meticulous planning
44:01the playing of mongolia it must have been a huge endeavor for everyone we're here we're in mongolia
44:06it's all very exciting we've got this massive map of uh the country that our level fixers have um
44:12lent us and we basically have just got all of the stops and the potential places we think that the
44:17cast might be headed we just need to make sure we know where all the teams are at all times
44:21to ensure
44:23safety production members keep the teams trackable and in sight whenever they travel by car and what
44:29are called follow vehicles so this is day 42 of race across the world and i'm in our sv
44:38following the cast and crew they are they are over here i'm currently wrangling yesterday's rushes
44:47uh this is my office uh this is my office it's the final two weeks of race and this just
44:53feels like
44:54an absolute privilege and pleasure to be here filming this it's in the middle of nowhere but i
45:01don't know you start we're in muggle there i actually currently can't hear them because we've got so
45:05many devices plugged into me we've got walkies we've got phones we've got garments currently the only way we
45:14can contact the sv is with our garmin so yes we're on our own all right weather again we may
45:31need six
45:3120 minus 25 degrees it's going to be cool stay covered properly yeah nice and still warm well
45:43while we're in here in mongolia it's cold during the day and even colder at night so we need quick
45:48access to extra layers after sunset from italy to mongolia we've gone from plus 30 down to minus 30
45:56which in itself brings new problems where italy was sunburn here it's hypothermia to battle the sub-zero
46:05conditions everyone on the ground had to be equipped with extreme cold weather gear
46:10this is where we slept last night but the stove was off it's exceptionally lots of layers on
46:16this is quite extreme here the worst part of the entire night was doing snoring guys that's such a
46:21feel that is your snoring your snoring it's colder than i had expected that about you the coats we had
46:29the outfits like we'd put your hood up and pull the zip ties and you'd literally have a little space
46:35like
46:35this to look through like it was it was it was fun yeah but i think i think i grossly
46:41underestimated how
46:42cold it was going to be ending in mongolia was just crazy it is so cold yeah oh my god
46:53where are you going i don't have a clue there's just such vastness and so many random things can happen
46:59and so for the crew the amount of planning needed to try and get 10 idiots to race across the
47:04world is
47:05insane i mean when we when we started uh this whole journey we was all we always said we were
47:15like when
47:15we travel we want to live it but me and joe have never really we spent some time together being
47:19like
47:19little holidays but it's never been more than like what like a week two weeks we've ever spent at the
47:23same time and so it was nothing to what i'd imagined this is important slides are short and these
47:33comfort comfort is your best friend those are old man's shoes down there those are old man's shoes
47:39eager to make every second count fresh out of college joe and cush wanted to explore life
47:45beyond the familiar world they were raised in by their mums in liverpool
47:51so this is our plan this is our security which i'm going to be taken charge of we still need
47:57to be
47:57on it with cush sometimes because we've got our passports yeah yeah excuse me we try to say
48:04liverpool's a small place we've gone up the city don't get me wrong but
48:08it's kind of like you still don't scale it's how probably the world is i mean coming into this once
48:14we applied we realized we are probably going to be the youngest come on so i think with youth comes
48:19they say this preconception of like a lack of maturity um lack of life experience we've seen
48:27ourselves as the underdogs we've seen ourselves as the yeah the least capable and i think it's flipped
48:44done it i think one thing about me and joe's we are actually we're good at different things we work
48:47well with what the other person lacked is and like me i'm i sort of overthought a lot and i
48:52was like
48:52ah we have to do with everything and think of it in a specific way and some and joe would
48:55be like no
48:56just act do so that's where i would have probably held us back if i kept trying to plan everything
49:01i would still be in palermo if i if i if you went there but you you're behind the strategy
49:09you're
49:09you're like you're very calculated and i think i focus too much on the present whereas you look so
49:15far into the future it helped me see the finish line if that makes it if that makes sense actually
49:20joe and kush i feel like you make the mistakes at the beginning and you learn from those mistakes
49:25early on and then you ace it for the final round which is what i think you guys basically did
49:31trying to best yeah especially being being last it's a kick it's a kick up the kick up the ass
49:37although he sustained a drive to succeed uzbekistan this way she doesn't know he's gone oh my days
49:46kush struggled with his mental health we need to do for this place in no way oh i feel sick
49:56i think the race was probably the peak of my of my strolls when i was losing the most sleep
50:03the risk of making one wrong choice had such a impact you have a lot to worry about i'm gonna
50:10be
50:10thinking the entire night been such a rough day i had a lot of reminders of my dad and it
50:17dug up a lot
50:18feelings that i hadn't dealt with we can still do this god we just can't give up i think a
50:27lot of the race
50:27involves how you cope with stress because if you let the stress get to you you will break and you
50:34you can literally you could go home and you can't expect to go on a journey and expect it to
50:39be all fine
50:39but i know you're benefiting from venting just talking yeah
50:47i just really appreciate the fact that joe's always up for for sort of looking after me in a way
50:58yeah i mean yes he's my best mate
51:05but yeah we we kept each other saying we we we kept moving
51:11come bro panel spin and we never gave up once
51:18what wait how did we do that bro
51:24i've started seeing a weekly counsellor just to help process my emotions and i think it's really
51:28really helped nothing to do with the race just in day-to-day life and now i can learn to
51:32handle
51:33myself a lot better but it's about learning yeah it's learning and life's about learning and
51:37learning as you make as you go on better learn it now when you're younger yeah then when you're 67
51:44the one thing the race did teach as well is it is actually okay to ask for help
51:47i mean we couldn't have done it without asking for only hundreds of people helped us on our journey
51:53okay i'm gonna pay them what are you serious yeah oh my god oh my god oh my god thank
52:00you so much
52:01you've been so much help
52:09how many times a week do you eat sardine five five time a week
52:13is that very strong yeah yes no gym no no nothing the people they met and the confidence they gained
52:24from them inspired joe to travel independently taking his first solo trip to the gambia i think
52:32yeah the the race definitely encouraged me to continue traveling i don't think i would have gone to
52:36gambia without it i did get in contact with this family who owned a farm and they look for travelers
52:43to come help them work and in return they get food a shelter and a family to chill with and
52:51that's what
52:51i did and i did i explained how i wanted to explore explore my heritage and i think they they
52:59resonated
52:59with that they were they were very caring what would you like to do next what do you fancy doing
53:04we've got
53:05no no real plan at the moment in terms of of the future but i know we both are going
53:09to travel we
53:10don't know where yet but yeah it's gonna happen at 19 years old you guys have accomplished something
53:15so major in your life i wish i was doing the stuff like this when i was 19. i was
53:20just revising for
53:21exams that's my whole life honestly so proud of you so proud of you from the bottom of our hearts
53:28genuinely
53:30let's go let's go let's go this is it bro it was tough and it's amazing to know that we
53:41can get
53:41through it and succeed three two one i feel this race is bigger than a degree you're you're actually joking
54:06the biggest thing i've taken from the race is that life's to be lived and go and enjoy it it's
54:13not
54:13all be all end all yeah like there is another way and actually the winds end up being a lot
54:18sweeter
54:18because you've dealt with the low you can just do whatever you want and the world is there to be
54:24seen
54:24and put your phone down and actually listen to people can i take you into school and say that
54:33i've got a question for everyone would you do it again yeah absolutely absolutely yeah i'd pay
54:46oh nice
54:56it's gorgeous young single available full of dumpling what more could you want oh where are we going
55:09it's definitely the most beautiful drive i've ever put on my hands highlight wow it's almost mystical
55:14isn't it oh my genie macaroon oh look there's one there oh it's huge you all right i love you
55:24i'm very proud of it i'm not happy i'm not happy i'm not happy i'm not happy that's absolutely
55:29cool katie what are you doing oh it
55:36oh
55:37yeah
55:41we did it we won
55:44I don't know.
56:14I don't know.
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