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Race Across the World 2026 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?
11:11Me!
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 traveling 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.
11:39I think one day you were, like, you were sitting with a glass of Prosecco at Chequen,
11:42being like, I could be at work on a Monday.
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.
11:54..started to shift Harrison's perspective on the race.
11:59I'm on a horse in Kyrgyzstan.
12:03It's incredible.
12:05That is just ridiculous.
12:08This is stunning.
12:19Birmingham.
12:22Picture of Tesco Express.
12:25Tesco.
12:25Tesco, yeah, Tesco.
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 Express?
12:36It's a moment as well.
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, OK, this is actually what the
12:47race is about.
12:47Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
12:50Are you 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...
13:02We got in contact with the guy that sent me a medal.
13:05And I've sent him my one back.
13:07A little sort of UK hamper box.
13:09Oh, that's so nice.
13:10Yeah.
13:11You've come back and you've gone like...
13:14You've gone like, I need to travel, and I do think it has 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'm guessing now you've learnt that you...
13:28Firstly, it's not like a holiday.
13:29Well, I call it a bit a holiday sometimes.
13:31Maybe if you do it in Margo'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 OK about it all?
13:52I definitely think the race has helped me, like, verbalise, like, my feelings.
13:59Cos before, like, I might have felt like I wanted to say something to you,
14:03you know, something was bothering me, I thought I was 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
14:13and you've got to be supportive for each other.
14:16I just wanted to say, erm, like, I suppose thank you for...
14:21for 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 were a better understanding of me.
14:34Yeah, 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...
14:39Yeah. ...and take something from it, and you did.
14:41Yeah. 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.
15:04We 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
15:32for capturing the general views, known as the GV crew,
15:36who film the scale, beauty and rich variety of the journey.
15:43If I want to give up teaching,
15:44there's one job I would want to have.
15:46It's the crew.
15:47They do all those picturesque shots.
15:49Yeah, yeah.
15:49What 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.
16:01It came out and, like, created all these shadows across the city.
16:04But thankfully, the weather's 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
16:27and whoever watches a race across the world to want to go to these places
16:30by 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?
16:50They'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
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.
17:20You'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,
17:36but 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.
17:52Is it the duvet?
17:53That's the smaller one. The bigger one should be the sheer.
17:56You're going to put your lavender spray on it.
18:00And finally, the checkpoint crew,
18:03who are one step ahead of the racers,
18:06tracking their every move and planning for all eventualities.
18:10I'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
18:18and they've got their own job to do.
18:19If they go the most efficient way,
18:21they'll get a car all the way up to there,
18:23but there are various other points
18:25that they could get dropped on the hill.
18:28They're responsible for setting up and testing the final run
18:32to each new checkpoint hotel.
18:35Oh, my God!
18:36Yay!
18:37Hotel, I'm Elise.
18:38I'm Elise.
18:40There we go!
18:41There 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, and that's it.
19:00Once the planning's done, it's over to the race.
19:05Unpredictable, unscripted,
19:06and whatever happens, whenever teams arrive,
19:10the crew has to be ready.
19:11We are here at the finale location
19:14and 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,
19:24voiced for the signal.
19:28OK, let's go, go, go, go, everyone!
19:32That is a spit, isn't it?
19:33Yeah.
19:34When you're coming in to checkpoint,
19:36it gets really exciting, doesn't it?
19:38Ah, here we go!
19:41I'm about to have sent some messages.
19:44Into these devices for the runway.
19:46The fumes.
19:47Good.
19:51Find the amphitheatre and the way for the instructions.
19:54We need to find them in a row.
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.
20:12Bonnie.
20:14Margot's here.
20:15Margot, it's here.
20:16Yes!
20:17Copy that, we're rolling.
20:20Here it is, John.
20:25Please, silence here.
20:28What?
20:44As the checkpoint is approached,
20:46the reality of each precious minute falls into focus.
20:51Lads, we're going to beat you.
20:52No way.
20:54Come on, Mark.
20:55With every team throwing their all into the chance
20:58to 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.
21:12It just felt like tables turned so quickly.
21:16We can't afford to make any mistakes
21:18and we've already made one.
21:19The crew can give you absolutely no help
21:22and it can be very easy to go like,
21:24guys, you're giving 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
21:36knowing we were going in the wrong direction.
21:38So, actually, we're kind of going back on ourselves.
21:39Yeah.
21:40Oh, 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!
21:50God!
21:51I hope and pray, no?
21:55We were looking out for the boys
21:57because we noticed you becoming more savvy and more competitive
22:00because you said from the first,
22:03we're in it, we're really seriously in it to win it,
22:05but there was more and more, like,
22:06we'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 funds.
22:25Yes, you're trying to get up.
22:26They're trying to get information out.
22:27See you, boys.
22:28We'll see you guys, too.
22:29Take care.
22:30Oh, no, best friends last night.
22:33Sworn enemies today.
22:34Dad, whoa!
22:35Oh!
22:36We were there to win, really.
22:38We are, we 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.
22:42Well, I think I have to win.
22:43You just want to do better than everyone else.
22:46Oh, yeah, but...
22:47You want five and six, they win.
22:50We're ten short.
22:51Is there any way we could change money?
22:53I don't know, we'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.
23:01Thought not.
23:02That's a shame.
23:04And I was like, nah, realistically, we're here to win.
23:07I feel like we should help them all.
23:08No.
23:09Oh, lad, what are you trying?
23:11You were very, very down to just lend them a bit of money.
23:14I'm, I'm, I'm glad we didn't give any money.
23:16I'm glad.
23:17Set a precedent.
23:19100%.
23:20I would very much say that your experience was to win,
23:23and you really enjoyed it, and the whole way through
23:25we were very competitive, obviously, but we were forced,
23:29we were trying our hardest, and we were still coming in,
23:31and, erm, like, we were constantly in the back of the pack,
23:34back of the pack, and 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.
23:43And that's what we did.
23:44Yeah.
23:44Were you two right behind each other at the final play?
23:46We went out of the night.
23:47Not speaking to you again.
23:49That's it.
23:50It's all right.
23:51That's okay.
23:52The gloves are off.
23:54But there's a good, good amount of luck,
23:56and, like, I think, like, the favourite moments for me,
23:59and it sounds so sad, but it was when, like,
24:01connecting 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
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.
24:30Your shoes get wet.
24:31Wet shoes.
24:32I love my feet right now.
24:34They're very happy.
24:36The cousins embarked on the race to step away
24:39from the busy careers they'd worked hard to build
24:41and embrace a more unpredictable way of life.
24:46Pepperonchino.
24:47Calabrese.
24:48This is different.
24:50Roche is absolutely smashing it.
24:52She's maintained her energy levels.
24:54Look at her.
24:55She's so cute.
24:56Quanta.
25:02What are you doing? Oh, no.
25:04Yes, you can.
25:05Why?
25:05Yes, 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.
25:20Um, so 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!
26:36Oh, my God.
26:38We're last.
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.
26:58Yeah.
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.
27:09Yeah.
27:09We went on a trip to Vietnam after all of this ended.
27:15It was just such a great place.
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 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.
27:37Yeah.
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 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's just amazing and lifelong friends, hopefully.
27:56Yeah.
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 can 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.
28:34It is, isn't it? Yeah.
28:36Into the sub-zero temperatures of Mongolia.
28:39Ooh.
28:39Feel the cold.
28:42Retracing a path steeped in history along the Old Silk Road,
28:46they encountered a huge variety of people and local customs.
28:52My father.
28:53Oh.
28:53Hello, hello. Nice to meet you.
28:55Hello, hello, hello.
28:56Nice to meet you.
28:56Hello, nice to meet you.
28:58My father.
29:00My father.
29:01My father.
29:01Oh, my God.
29:02Oh, my God.
29:02Oh, my God.
29:02Oh, my God.
29:03Oh, my God.
29:05Yes.
29:05Oh, my God.
29:05Yes.
29:08It's just such a, like, extreme, is it?
29:11Like, you just started off in, like, central mainland Europe,
29:14where you had all the comforts, really, of home,
29:16and then going to just...
29:18It literally...
29:19It's mad.
29:20Once you left Europe...
29:22Yes.
29:22..and went to Kazakhstan, it 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, did you...
29:36You must have got to see, like, scenery.
29:38Nothing?
29:38There's absolutely nothing.
29:40What?
29:41What?
29:41It's like being on the moon.
29:43I can't describe it.
29:43Yeah.
29:44There 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...
29:55Afto?
29:55Car?
29:57Machine?
29:59Afto?
29:59Afto transport to no transport.
30:01Yeah.
30:02The bus?
30:03It's all closed, yeah.
30:05Closed, yes.
30:06I 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.
30:14Yeah, I'd say this year 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, ah, they don't speak the same language,
30:24but you find a way to communicate, like,
30:26whether it's you dancing with everyone or, you know,
30:30our man with the Tesco.
30:32Like, you...
30:33Yeah, you find calm and growing.
30:35You'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, like,
30:41to live and sleep on the same roof, share the food,
30:44like, 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 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.
31:11There's an eagle.
31:13Hello.
31:14Nice to meet you.
31:15My name is Nazgud.
31:16Nazgud?
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
31:26in this journey as a whole,
31:28is the experiences that aren't readily accessible.
31:31Long time.
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.
31:43Yeah.
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,
31:55because 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.
32:05Literally.
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 to cold.
32:14And it's just, I was looking forward to the cold.
32:17But maybe not that cold.
32:19Maybe I wish too hard for that.
32:21Like your clothes had to change.
32:23Yeah.
32:24You 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 couldn't.
32:33Just thrown them out, had less weight to carry.
32:35No, just layering up, layering up.
32:37Mongolia just wore the same out for every single day.
32:39Yes.
32:39I did.
32:39And all your clothes.
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.
33:03I never did it.
33:04Because it was pure want to do it.
33:05Yes.
33:05But it was a fear.
33:06It 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
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,
33:42the 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.
33:50Whew!
33:52Jesus!
33:56You're sweating, boy!
33:58The 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.
34:08The 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.
34:32That'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...
34:41Dickie ticker.
34:42My dickie ticker.
34:43So I haven't been able to do it, so...
34:45Yeah, it'd be lovely.
34:50Whoo!
34:51Out in the open water.
34:53Look at those mountains.
34:56Whoo!
35:02I've wanted to do that for a long time, kid.
35:06To prove to me...
35:07that I could, er...
35:10that it wasn't going to get me.
35:14Sorry, babe.
35:23It was so nice to kind of have the kayaking
35:26and, like, just that whole thing to us was just really special.
35:28Like, 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.
35:38We've actually been kayaking since.
35:40I've actually booked a trip.
35:42We're going to, er...
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.
35:55That'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 do.
36:14I don't know.
36:15Before the race,
36:16I would have found it very difficult,
36:18those big decisions.
36:19I would have overthought it.
36:21I would have...
36:21I would have got annoyed myself,
36:22especially 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 your Molly towards the end.
36:56Did I?
36:56Yeah.
36:56There was a strong sense of more confidence.
36:59Yeah.
37:00And...
37:00more decidedness.
37:04Swamps up.
37:05Swamps up.
37:06Swamps up.
37:07She's there on Belfast City.
37:09She's recording one, two, three.
37:11Please, will you tell me who is she?
37:14Roll the...
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.
37:29Yes.
37:29And that is we can make decisions,
37:31we can have equal opinion
37:33and 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.
37:40Alright, kid.
37:41Come right there.
37:44We're sad.
37:45We're sad.
37:45We're sad.
37:49I'll still be her daddy for the rest of my life.
37:51But also it'll be more of a friendship and a pal.
37:55Yeah, absolutely.
37:58There's features of beauty, isn't there?
38:00Yeah.
38:01Good stonework.
38:03Mega.
38:05Also looking to strengthen their bond and find a new dynamic,
38:09in-laws Mark and Margot.
38:12Oh, wow.
38:13I'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,
38:21but there was a little bit...
38:23We weren't completely comfortable, were we?
38:25Not at all, no.
38:28I found her annoying.
38:31Margot 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.
38:49I hate it.
38:50I loathe Naples.
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?
39:07What in God's name?
39:09It's a white cocoon.
39:10What's it for?
39:11What did you...
39:12Modesty, 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.
39:23Yeah.
39:24Try hitting it flat on, like that.
39:27Oh, okay, okay.
39:29Oh.
39:29Yes!
39:32Now we're talking.
39:34Now we are talking.
39:40We'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.
39:47Woo!
39:47Yay!
39:49Yay!
39:50And it just organically just grew.
39:53Yay!
39:54The last two legs of it was so hard in Mongolia.
39:57That's when the real, it was the real cement between us,
40:00because that's when it was, we were on our knees and we just...
40:03Yes, we were, yeah.
40:04And we needed each other and we both needed to really pull together,
40:07didn't we, and support each other?
40:08Yeah.
40:11No.
40:13Not the busiest of highways, is it?
40:15No.
40:17If you miss 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.
40:41A side of Margot I'd never seen before.
40:43It's what kept me going, just about.
40:46Do you go to Harcorden?
40:48Yes?
40:48Oh, gosh.
40:49So kind, thank you.
40:51Off we go.
40:52We'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.
40:57We've always forged on.
40:58And I'm so proud of her for doing that, you know.
41:02I would have given up, I would have given up without Margot being there.
41:06I wouldn't give up on you though, Mark.
41:07And he wouldn't.
41:08And that's a sign of friendship.
41:11I wouldn't give up.
41:12Here's to you, Julia, wherever you are.
41:14Yeah.
41:15Who inspired us?
41:16Who inspired us.
41:17Thank you, Julia.
41:18Yeah.
41:19Thank you, Julia.
41:20She's laughing.
41:24For Margot, travelling was also an opportunity to step away from her day-to-day routine.
41:30Part of coming on the race was like running away from real life and just enjoying myself.
41:34And just be me for a change and just go, let rip.
41:39Taking respite from her responsibilities, like caring for her elderly mum.
41:44Since I've got back from the race, I've been more centred.
41:48I did feel like Dorothy coming back in The Wizard of Oz, you know, coming home and that there is
41:52no place like home.
41:53I was kind of, in a way, running away from my situation in life.
41:58But now, actually, the determination I was applying to those challenges, I've applied them to my life.
42:04Is this BBC?
42:06BBC, yes.
42:08Race 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.
42:19For Mark, the race also became something more.
42:22Oh, 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, I 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 and 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 the party.
42:53Oh, I was, yes.
42:54Yeah, the bailer.
42:55Yeah.
42:57You know, for us, we were winners because 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.
43:04We 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 and you've built that for Julia.
43:23Like, wherever she is now, I'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.
43:30Yeah.
43:31It's a lovely legacy.
43:32Lovely legacy.
43:41Arriving in Mongolia, the filming teams faced one of the toughest environments the race had come up against.
43:47Navigating extreme weather and limited infrastructure after months of meticulous planning.
44:01The planning of Mongolia, it 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 that our level fixers have lent us.
44:13And we basically have just got all of the stops and the potential places we think that the cars might
44:18be headed.
44:18We just need to make sure we know where all the teams are at all times.
44:22To ensure safety, production members keep the teams trackable and in sight whenever they travel by car and what are
44:29called follow vehicles.
44:32So this is day 42 of race across the world and I'm in our SB following the cast and crew.
44:40They are over here.
44:43I'm currently wrangling.
44:45Yesterday's rushes.
44:47This is my office.
44:50The final two weeks of race and this just feels like an absolute privilege and pleasure to be here filming
44:58this.
45:00It's in the middle of nowhere, but I think we're in Mongolia.
45:03I actually currently can't hear them because 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.
45:18So...
45:19Yes, we're on our own.
45:20Yes.
45:28The weather again, we may need minus 25 degrees.
45:33It's going to be cold.
45:34Stay covered properly.
45:39It's still warm.
45:41Do 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.
45:50From Italy to Mongolia, we've gone from plus 30 down to minus 30, which in itself brings new problems.
45:59Where Italy was sunburn, here it's hypothermia.
46:03To battle the sub-zero conditions, 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.
46:14It's exceptionally cold.
46:15Lots of layers on.
46:16It's quite extreme here.
46:18The worst part of the entire night was doing snoring, guys.
46:21That's such a film.
46:22That is your snoring.
46:23Your snoring.
46:25It's colder than I had expected that I bought you.
46:28The coats we had, the outfits, like, we'd put your hood up and pull the zip ties and you'd literally
46:33have a little space like this to look through.
46:37It was just 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.
46:53Where are you going?
46:54We don't have a clue.
46:56There's just such vastness and so many random things can happen.
47:00So, for the crew, the amount of planning needed to try and get 10 idiots to race across the world
47:05is insane.
47:11I mean, when we started this whole journey, we always said, we were like, when we travel, we want to
47:16live it.
47:17But me and Jo have never really, we spent some time together being like little holidays, but it's never been
47:20more than like, what, like a week, two weeks we've ever spent at the same time.
47:24And so it was nothing to what I'd imagined.
47:28This is important.
47:31Slides are sharp.
47:32And these.
47:33Comfort.
47:34Comfort is your best friend.
47:35Those are old man shoes then, bro.
47:37Those are old man shoes.
47:38Oh.
47:39Eager to make every second count, fresh out of college, Jo and Kush wanted to explore life beyond the familiar
47:46world they were raised in by their mums in Liverpool.
47:51This is our plan, this is our security, which 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.
48:01Yeah.
48:02Excuse me.
48:02Are we trying to say it?
48:04Liverpool's a small place.
48:06We've gone out the city, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of like, you still don't scale how big
48:12the world is.
48:13I mean, coming into this, once we applied, we realised we are probably going to be the youngest.
48:17Come on.
48:17So I think with youth comes this preconception of lack of maturity, lack of life experience.
48:26We've seen ourselves as the underdogs.
48:28We've seen ourselves as the, yeah, the least capable.
48:30And I think it's flipped, isn't it?
48:33Very fast, 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 Jo is we're actually good at different things.
48:47We worked well with what the other person lacked.
48:49And, like, me, I sort of overthought a lot.
48:52And I was like, ah, we have to do with everything and think of it in a specific way.
48:55And then Jo would be like, no, just act, do.
48:57So that's where I would have probably held us back if I'd kept trying to plan everything.
49:01I would still be in Palermo if you weren't there.
49:05But you're behind the strategy.
49:09You're, like, you're very calculated.
49:11And I think I focus too much on the present, whereas you look so far into the future.
49:16It helped me see the finish line, if that makes sense.
49:20Actually, Jo and Kush, I feel like you make the mistakes at the beginning.
49:24And you learn from those mistakes early on.
49:26And then you ace it for the final round.
49:29Which is what I think you guys basically did.
49:31Trying their best.
49:31Like...
49:32Well, especially being last.
49:34It's a kick up the ass, you know what I mean?
49:37Although he sustained a drive to succeed...
49:41Uzbekistan, 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.
49:51It is... in no way.
49:53Oh, I feel sick.
49:56I think the race was probably the peak of my strolls when 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.
50:20We 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 and you can literally go home.
50:36And you 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 looking 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.
51:12Panel spin.
51:13And we never gave up once.
51:15Yes.
51:18What?
51:19Wait.
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.
51:30Just 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, definitely.
51:36Life's learning and life's about learning and learning as you go on.
51:39It's better to learn it now when you're younger.
51:41Yeah.
51:41And when you're 67.
51:44The one thing the race did teach as well is it is actually OK to ask for help.
51:48I mean, we couldn't have done it without asking for hundreds of people helping us on our journey.
51:53I'm going to pay them.
51:55What?
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.
52:03Bro said we could stay at his house?
52:04What?
52:09How many times a week do you eat sardine?
52:11Five.
52:12Five times a week?
52:13Yeah.
52:13Is that very strong, yeah?
52:15Yes.
52:15No gym, no training, nothing.
52:17Sardine.
52:18Just sardine.
52:19Just sardine.
52:19Yes, yes.
52:21The people they met and the confidence they gained from them inspired Joe to travel independently,
52:28taking his first solo trip to the Gambia.
52:31Yeah.
52:31I think, yeah, the race definitely encouraged me to continue traveling.
52:35And I don't think I would have gone to Gambia without it.
52:38I did get in contact with this family who owned a farm and they look for travelers to come help
52:44them work.
52:45And in return they get food, a shelter and a family to chill with.
52:50And that's what I did.
52:51And I did that explained how I wanted to explore my heritage.
52:57And I think they resonated with that.
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.
53:08But I know that we both are going 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 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.
53:27So 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!
53:50What?
53:51What?
53:52What?
53:53Yo!
53:54I feel this race is bigger than a degree.
53:59You're actually joking.
54:01You're actually, bro.
54:06The biggest thing I've taken from the race is that life's to be lived and go and enjoy it.
54:13It's not all be all end all.
54:15Yeah.
54:15Like there is another way and actually the wins end up being a lot sweeter because you've dealt with the
54:19low.
54:20You can just do whatever you want and the world is there to be seen and put your phone down
54:26and actually listen to people.
54:28Can I take you into school and say that?
54:30Yeah.
54:33I've got a question for everyone.
54:35Yeah.
54:35Would you do it again?
54:37Yeah.
54:37100%.
54:38Absolutely.
54:39Yeah.
54:39I'd pay a lot of money to do it again.
54:42Yeah.
54:44Yeah.
54:45Yeah.
54:47Yeah.
54:49Um…
54:51Pudge, look, look, look.
54:53Wow.
54:56It's gorgeous
54:59Young single available full of dumpling what more could you want? Oh?
55:05Where we going?
55:09It's definitely the most beautiful driver that but on my hands highlight Wow, it's almost mystical isn't it? Oh
55:16My teeny macaroon
55:18Oh, it's huge
55:20Huge
55:22All right
55:24I'm very proud of us
55:26Thank you absolutely
55:30Get you how you do it
55:43You want
55:55Oh
55:59Oh
56:01Oh
56:01Oh
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