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00:01Six months ago, five teams took part in an unforgettable competition.
00:10Let's go. We got this. Rapino, Rapino!
00:13Up there, can you see that? Oh, this is sick.
00:16An epic race of over 12,000 kilometres from west to east.
00:23Look at this. Incredible.
00:26You can see that on a new build in Manchester here.
00:28Plus, we made it.
00:31From the sun-drenched, bustling streets of Sicily...
00:34That's a view and a half, you know, screensaver vibes.
00:37..to the vast, unforgiving wilderness of Mongolia...
00:41I love how flat it is into, like, absolute mortals.
00:47Absolutely, I think.
00:48..they tested their own stamina and endurance.
00:52Get it out! Can 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 mantra!
01:06Welcome, Kazakhstan!
01:09Today's celebration is called a second citizen party.
01:13Sick.
01:14I don't think I've ever seen anything so cool in my life.
01:19But 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.
01:40I 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!
01:54I've wanted to do that for a long time, kid.
01:58Margot, she's very open and 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.
02:55Ready to see their fellow competitors for the first time since leaving the race.
03:01I can't wait to see the guys.
03:03I'm so excited to see them.
03:05How you doing?
03:07The second duo to join, father and daughter Andrew and Molly.
03:12Hi!
03:13I couldn't get up to them.
03:15I'm so excited.
03:19Good to see you.
03:20Andrew, Andrew.
03:21Good to see you.
03:22That's beautiful.
03:23Look at you.
03:24Good.
03:25Oh, my God.
03:26It's just been wild.
03:27Absolutely wild.
03:28Should we go and do it again?
03:29Yeah.
03:29Yeah, do it.
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.
03:38Hello.
03:38Mark, how are we doing?
03:39It was very good, my mate.
03:41Oh, beautiful.
03:42Good to see you.
03:42Morning.
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.
03:50Rucksack in Thailand.
03:51On his own?
03:51On my own.
03:52Singapore.
03:53Sri Lanka.
03:54So jealous.
03:55And guess who I bumped into Sri Lanka?
03:57Who?
03:58Oh!
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 to go, actually, I can do a bit more travelling.
04:12We bumped into each other.
04:13That is fun.
04:14I know.
04:14It was...
04:15It was so good.
04:16I was like, Mom!
04:18Hi.
04:18We're at a five-star hotel and all we can find to eat is...
04:25Mongolian vegetable noodles and...
04:28Mongolian seafood rice.
04:30Brilliant.
04:30There we are.
04:31We cannot escape Mongolia wherever we go or their food.
04:34Hi!
04:35Mom!
04:37Also back with the group, cousins Pooja and Roshni.
04:40Girls!
04:41Oh!
04:44Oh!
04:45Oh!
04:46Oh!
04:46How are you?
04:47How are you?
04:47Do you love the voice?
04:48That's my voice.
04:49Oh, perfect.
04:50The voice is gone.
04:52Oh, that's just...
04:53Oh, you guys!
04:55That is terrible timing.
04:57That is horrible timing.
04:59And the last pair to join the pack, 19-year-old best friends Joe and Kush.
05:05Are we the last?
05:06Yeah, I think we're the last.
05:10Good boy, Jerry.
05:11Hey!
05:14Awesome!
05:16Good to see you, dude.
05:17Good to see you.
05:18Good to see you.
05:19Good to see you.
05:20Awesome.
05:21Your boys, your boys.
05:23You got very fond of them, didn't you, on the trip?
05:25They're like our little brothers.
05:26They're our little brothers.
05:27So, Gares, as the people who left early, who do you think, between the whole audience,
05:32who do you think won?
05:33Who's giving winner energy?
05:34We always thought that you two would win.
05:37Mark and Margot, yeah.
05:38You were always so charming and, like, full of energy.
05:41And, 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?
05:55Oh, my God, it's so proud.
06:07Rosh, look, it 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 Kent.
06:36We are siblings.
06:37I'm 22, she's 20.
06:39Why we want to do it is because we want to see the world, we want to experience things,
06:43add some spice to life, you know?
06:45Keep it interesting.
06:46Yeah.
06:47I've spared, 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 like chalk and cheese.
07:00I'm very practical.
07:01Boring.
07:02Margaret just has fun, fun, fun.
07:05And as casting progressed, all shortlisted candidates were brought to London to test
07:11their navigation skills.
07:13Without phones or cash, and armed only with cryptic clues.
07:19Ask someone for this.
07:20Yeah, listen, you broke my mind.
07:21Excuse me, mate.
07:22Excuse me.
07:22We're in a race at the moment, and we just need some help finding out where our location
07:26is.
07:27Molly's taking charge.
07:28I'll follow her.
07:32We're in a competition.
07:33You wouldn't take us to Golden Hind.
07:36Does anyone know if this is Southbound?
07:38It's Southbound.
07:38No, it's been good at 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.
07:47She's 59 today.
07:48I've got my passport and my bag if you want to see.
07:4959.
07:51Oh, this is sick.
07:53No way.
07:54That's sick.
07:5521 minute.
07:56What?
07:57Yes, mate.
07:58Nice.
07:58Well, thank you.
08:00Amazing.
08:01Four months after selection, they arrived at the airport having packed for every eventuality
08:08with no idea where in the world they were heading.
08:11Oh!
08:12Their destination revealed just hours before departure.
08:17You'll be flying to...
08:19Palermo in Sicily.
08:21Oh, my God.
08:21Southern Italy.
08:22We're going to have pizza tonight.
08:25Oh, that's brilliant.
08:26Sicily.
08:27Oh, mama mia.
08:29In the historic city of Palermo...
08:32I'm actually really nervous, aren't I?
08:34See you, Mia?
08:35...they all came face to face for the very first time.
08:39Here we go.
08:40Oh, God.
08:40They're looking fit and young.
08:41Good to meet you.
08:42I'm Margot.
08:43Margot, I'm Joel.
08:44Oh, I can see you.
08:45Hey!
08:45Hi!
08:47So, I'm guessing everyone's here to win.
08:49I have a saying, second force loser.
08:51Oh, okay.
08:53Suddenly, I'm just like, I need to win this.
08:55That's, like, drawing the enemy lines now.
08:57Will we get this thing started?
08:59Yeah.
09:00Yeah.
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.
09:37You 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.
10:18Katie 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.
10:52That's 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 on thinking about it.
11:01Aw, look at this!
11:03This isn't that 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 travelling that you're doing by racing.
11:27I genuinely loved every second of it.
11:30You know, I didn't, maybe I didn't have that drive because I was just enjoying it so much.
11:33Like I just honestly had the best time ever.
11:36I think everyone will agree you were pure sunshine the whole way through.
11:39I think one day you were like, you were sitting with a glass of Prosecco at Checkpoint being like, I
11:42could be at work on a Monday.
11:43I'm not!
11:46As they ventured further east, Katie's desire to pause and take it all in...
11:51Feels very much once in a lifetime.
11:55...started to shift Harrison's perspective on the race.
11:59I'm on a horse in Kyrgyzstan.
12:03It's incredible.
12:06That is just ridiculous.
12:08This is stunning.
12:21I've got a picture of Tesco Express.
12:25Tesco.
12:25Tesco, yeah, Tesco.
12:27He was so chuffed with his picture of Tesco Express.
12:31Such 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
12:43and spend time with people.
12:44And that's really where I came away with the sort of the mantra that, okay, this is actually what the
12:47race is about.
12:48Oh, no, no, no, no.
12:50You sure?
12:52What 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.
13:02We got in contact with the guy that sent me a medal.
13:05And I sent him my one back in a little sort of UK hamper box.
13:09Oh, that's so nice.
13:10Yeah.
13:11You've come back and you've gone, like, you've gone, like, I need to travel and I do think you have,
13:17it has, like, changed you.
13:18I have to say that I probably do see the value in it, the monetary value in it now.
13:22I've not spent my own money yet on it.
13:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:25But it might happen.
13:26I guess now you've learned that, firstly, it's not like a holiday.
13:30Well, I'd call it a bit holiday sometimes.
13:31Maybe if you're doing it Margot's way.
13:35Their growth as a team came from learning to open up to one another, deepening a bond in ways Katie
13:42had always wanted.
13:44I don't know, I feel, I just felt like, why is this affecting me and it's not affecting him?
13:49Like, how does he seem so okay about it all?
13:52I definitely think the race has helped me, like, verbalise, like, my feelings.
13:59Cos before, like, I might have felt like I wanted to say something to you, you know, something bothering me
14:04if 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 and you've got to be supportive
14:15for each other.
14:15I just wanted to say, erm, like, I suppose thank you for, for being there and being...
14:23Well, that's really nice to hear, actually.
14:26I now just feel a lot more supported.
14:29Yeah, like, the race gave me a better understanding of you and you a better understanding of me.
14:33Yeah, but you do grow and you have to and it's a life experience and you have to accept it
14:37as a life experience and realise and take something from it and you did.
14:41Yeah. 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 a toilet.
14:53If it looks that bad, could you please try and help me?
14:58Together, come on.
15:01Oh, my God.
15:02Well 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.
15:11This is breathtaking.
15:14Incredible.
15:17Oh, wow, look at that one.
15:19The 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 that 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.
16:00Well, sometimes it helps.
16:01It came out and, like, created all these shadows across the city.
16:04But thankfully, the weather has picked up.
16:06The sun is shining.
16:12The team that take these incredible shots really get to be creative
16:17and think about how to capture this beautiful area in the best way possible,
16:22which is what you see on the screens.
16:24So they essentially inspire the whole of the UK
16:27and whoever watches the race across the world to want to go to these places
16:30by the way they capture it on camera.
16:33Wow! 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.
16:52They've got close-ups. They'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
17:14and production management, following 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...
17:41On 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.
17:52That's the duvet?
17:53That's the smaller one. The bigger one should be the sheer.
17:57You'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.
18:10We'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
18:18and they've got their own job to do.
18:20If 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 are responsible for setting up
18:30and testing the final run to each new checkpoint hotel.
18:35Oh, my God!
18:36Yay!
18:37Hotel, Annalise.
18:38Annalise.
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, and that's it.
19:00Once the planning's done, it's over to the race.
19:05Unpredictable.
19:06Unscripted.
19:07And 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, well, go, 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!
19:40Hello!
19:41I'm about to have sent messages.
19:44Into these devices for the runway.
19:46The flu's good.
19:47Yeah!
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.
19:59OK, ready? Power everything up.
20:03Is this right?
20:04Yeah.
20:04Oh!
20:07There are two blocks in there.
20:09Yeah.
20:12Bloody.
20:14Carver style, the hotel's here, Margaret.
20:16It's here!
20:16Yes!
20:17It's all that things fired.
20:19Copy that, we're rolling.
20:20Here it is, John.
20:25Please, silence here.
20:28What?
20:44As the checkpoint is approached, the reality of each precious minute falls into focus.
20:51Lads, we're going to beat you.
20:52No way.
20:54Come on, Mark.
20:56With every team throwing their all into the chance to climb the leaderboard.
21:01Hey, go speed up, lad.
21:02You OK, Poshy?
21:03I'm good, Poshy.
21:05Faster, faster!
21:06We've got a checkpoint to get to!
21:08Get me out of this taxi and ready to run.
21:10Traffic jump.
21:13It 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 very easy to go like,
21:24guys, you're giving me nothing here, but 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.
21:38Actually, we're kind of going back on ourselves.
21:40Yeah.
21:41But having the lead is one bus journey away.
21:45Big money moves.
21:46Big money moves.
21:47Little money moves.
21:47It's right there.
21:48Big money moves.
21:49Yes, Poshy!
21:50Come on!
21:51Hope and pray now.
21:55We were looking out for the boys because we noticed you becoming more savvy and more competitive.
22:01Because you said from the first, we're in it, we're really seriously in it to win it.
22:05But there was more and more like, we're not going to talk to you, you could be a threat.
22:08And it was these guys.
22:10So, you guys, because you're just clever.
22:11That's the thing.
22:11Wolfies are very, very, like...
22:12But quite quickly, you were like, zoom.
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...
22:26They'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.
22:42I think I have to win.
22:43You just want to do better than everyone else.
22:46Oh, we brought back to one.
22:47Five and sixty.
22:48Wait.
22:50We're ten short.
22:51Is there any way we can change money?
22:53I don't know.
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.
23:02I thought that.
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.
23:08Enough.
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 any money.
23:16I'm glad.
23:17Set a precedent.
23:18100%.
23:20I would very much say that your experience was to win,
23:23and you really enjoyed it,
23:24and the whole way through we were very competitive, obviously,
23:27but we were fourth,
23:29and we were trying our hardest,
23:30and we were still coming in,
23:31and, like, we were constantly back of the pack,
23:34back 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
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?
23:47We went at the night.
23:47Not speaking to you again.
23:49That's okay.
23:50That's all right.
23:51That's okay.
23:52The gloves are off.
23:54But there's a good amount of luck,
23:56and, like, I think, like,
23:57the favourite moments for me,
23:59and it sounds so sad,
24:00but it was when, like,
24:01connecting transport just worked out.
24:03Honest to God.
24:05Like, I just couldn't relax
24:06until I knew what transport was going on.
24:08Elimination leg.
24:10Mr Meany made us wait for a bus.
24:11I decided on budget terms
24:13that we should wait
24:14and get the bus
24:15rather 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.
24:30Your 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
24:38to step away from the busy careers
24:40they'd worked hard to build
24:41and embrace a more unpredictable way of life.
24:46Pepperonchino.
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.
25:05Yes, you can.
25:08So, growing up, you know,
25:10we lived, like, two streets away.
25:12We were, like, very close.
25:14But life happens.
25:15I think the goal of just going on to this
25:17is we'd both been in our careers
25:19for, like, ten years.
25:21Um, so life gets very intense.
25:23And we wanted to do something about that.
25:26This guy, he is a guard of the gods.
25:29Okay, he's waving.
25:31I've always wanted to take time off,
25:33but there's always been a reason not to.
25:35So I guess race kind of forced us to take the time off,
25:37and it kind of...
25:38It showed that it's not the end of the world.
25:42Where are you going?
25:44Ah!
25:44Oh, sorry.
25:46What time is the buff?
25:48Uh, Sunday.
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.
26:01We're second.
26:01Ah!
26:03It's been a wake-up call.
26:05With family, you always think people are going to be around,
26:07but actually you need to put in that effort
26:09to make sure you keep that relationship.
26:12And, you know, we just...
26:14We wanted to make sure this didn't break us,
26:16and it's actually made us stronger.
26:18Yeah.
26:19But their momentum faltered in Turkey.
26:22We asked about buses tonight,
26:24but unfortunately there wasn't anything available.
26:26It gives the other teams time to catch up.
26:28And arriving in last at the third checkpoint
26:31led to their surprise elimination.
26:34Please sign in at Overleaf.
26:35Oh!
26:37Oh, my God.
26:38We're lost.
26:46I think when we saw the book,
26:49we didn't expect that everybody would have done so well on that leg,
26:54but you guys aced it.
26:55But...
26:56Saying that, it was a great leg.
26:58Yeah.
26:58Like, we had an incredible time.
27:00And, 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 a great place.
27:17We...
27:18We got to have really good food.
27:22Get massages.
27:23Yeah.
27:23We just had our own experience.
27:25We planned to go away together again
27:27with our husbands, with our families.
27:30So, if this had not happened,
27:33I don't think we would be doing that.
27:35I don't think we would be as proactive.
27:37Yeah.
27:37You think about, like, what race and travel
27:40has given each one of us,
27:42that has brought you together.
27:43And, like, my wife has said to me, like,
27:45who are you travelling with?
27:46All that kind of thing.
27:47And I'd say, like,
27:47beautiful girl who's an anesthetist,
27:49and I go,
27:50I 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,
28:13this 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
28:24to 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.
28:40Feel 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.
28:54Nice to meet you.
28:55Hello, hello, hello.
28:56Hello.
28:57Nice to meet you.
29:00Hello.
29:01Hello.
29:08Nice to meet you.
29:21Nice to meet you.
29:22Yes.
29:23And when you go to Kazakhstan, it was an alien environment.
29:27It was rocky.
29:29It was dry.
29:30It was arid.
29:30And from that point, it was a completely different journey.
29:34Different trip, yeah.
29:35But even from the trains, did you, you must have got to see like scenery.
29:38Nothing?
29:38Nothing.
29:38There's absolutely nothing.
29:40What?
29:41It's like being on the moon.
29:42I can't describe it.
29:44Yeah.
29:44There is nothing there.
29:45You really, throughout the whole experience, went from one to the other.
29:50Done.
29:51It went from language to no language.
29:54Do you have afto?
29:55Car?
29:58Machine?
29:59Afto?
29:59Afto?
29:59Auto 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 was just a shed.
30:09Holy moly.
30:10Traffic jam.
30:12Look at them.
30:13There'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, you're worried that, ah, they don't speak the
30:24same language, but you find a way to communicate, like, whether it's you dancing with everyone
30:28or, you know, our man with the Tesco.
30:32Like, you, you, like...
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, share the
30:43food, like, this is such a privilege.
30:45It's even more of a privilege in my eyes than being able to afford, like, the five-star
30:50hotels.
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.
31:11Is this 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 on this journey as a whole, is the experiences
31:29that aren't readily accessible.
31:37It's very bitter.
31:38I quite like it.
31:40Look at him, delicious.
31:41Good.
31:42He's very good.
31:42Yeah.
31:45But when we got to Mongolia, it really got hard for us.
31:50We really struggled.
31:51It felt like your choices were kind of taken away from you, because at the start it was
31:56kind of, do 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, is the best way to put it, is that you were
32:07fighting the elements.
32:08I think, like, the temperature swing the whole way we figured out was like a 54 degree
32:12temperature swing from hottest to coldest, and it's just, I was looking forward to the
32:17cold.
32:18Maybe not that cold.
32:20Maybe I wished too hard for that.
32:21Like, your clothes had to change.
32:23Yeah.
32:24You clothes for Italy, Greece, and wild temperatures, and then all of a sudden those clothes just
32:30kind 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.
32:40And all your clothes.
32:41Yeah.
32:41Honestly, did any of you change your clothes in Mongolia?
32:44I didn't.
32:45Yeah.
32:47But as somebody who's only kind of really gone on family holidays, I really, really struggled
32:52with the, did I have the ability to put a backpack on me and travel in that way?
32:59Always wanted to do it as a child, always wanted to do it as a young person, and never
33:03did it.
33:04Because it was pure want to do it, but it was a fear that kind of stopped you doing
33:08it before.
33:09Yeah.
33:09It was a physical test as well as a mental test.
33:12One of the reasons I did lack self-confidence in my ability to do it was the heart attack,
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.
33:32Look at that, Molly.
33:33Absolutely stunning.
33:34And prove his heart attack three years ago wouldn't hold him back.
33:39I would always say to children in class, the 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, boy!
33:59The relief of getting to that first checkpoint and signing that book gave me the shot in
34:06the 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, the way they're going down the lines.
34:19Oh, my God, look.
34:20Never seen these before or ever.
34:23Different way of doing it, total different way of doing beekeeping.
34:25And there's your honey.
34:27Seeing the mountains, seeing the landscape, seeing where people live.
34:31That'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, but 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...
34:46Yeah.
34:46Be lovely.
34:50Whoo!
34:51Out in the open water.
34:53Look at those mountains.
34:55Whoo!
35:02I've wanted to do that for a long time, kid.
35:05To prove to me that I could, er...
35:10I wasn't going to get me.
35:14Sorry.
35:23It was so nice to kind of have the kayaking and, like, just that whole thing to us was just
35:28really special.
35:29Like, you kind of have to cherish those moments.
35:32It'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.
35:37I 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 would 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 in a train station.
36:01For Molly, the race was an opportunity to find her own path in life and prove her independence.
36:08Is there a bus to Kiva?
36:09Bus, no.
36:10Taxi.
36:11Taxi.
36:12Taxi.
36:13I don't know what to do.
36:14I don't know.
36:15Before the race, I 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, 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.
36:42People need their doctorate to be confident because that's who you're looking to for answers.
36:47So, it's really nice to sleep at night and not have thoughts and thoughts and thoughts and thoughts.
36:53There was a definite change in you, Molly, towards the end.
36:56Do I think?
36:56Yeah.
36:56There was a strong sense of more confidence.
36:59Yeah.
36:59And more decidedness.
37:12Yes.
37:15Yes.
37:15Yes.
37:16Yes.
37:16Yes.
37:17Yes.
37:18Yes.
37:19I think, pre-race, we kind of proved to each other.
37:21And, like, in life, we proved to each other we're good as father and daughter.
37:25And I think race, the one thing that allowed us to prove to each other is we're a good team.
37:29Yes.
37:29And that is we can make decisions, we can have equal opinion and hold each other and be like,
37:35yeah, no, that's good, that's bad, and communicate.
37:37We're a kid.
37:38We've done.
37:38We did it.
37:39We did it.
37:40We did it.
37:40Our kid.
37:41Currently.
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.
37:51Yeah.
37:51But also, it'll be more of a friendship and a pal, yeah, absolutely.
37:58There's features of beauty, isn't there?
38:00Yeah.
38:01The guts don't work.
38:03Mega.
38:03Yeah.
38:05Also looking to strengthen their bond and find a new dynamic, in-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.
38:19Going with Mark, though, I really wanted this, but there was a little bit...
38:23We weren't completely comfortable, were we?
38:25Not at all, no.
38:28I found her annoying.
38:30And Margot thought I was a boring old fogey, basically.
38:35Judgy and boring.
38:35Judgy and boring, yes.
38:37Judgy and boring, yeah.
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.
38:47Absolutely 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?
38:58And I have to say, some people were a little bit doubtful about 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...
39:11What's it...
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, yes!
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!
39:50And 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...
39:59It was the real cement between us, because that's when it was...
40:01We 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, didn't we?
40:07And support each other.
40:11Nope.
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, just determination to finish.
40:41A side of Margaret I'd never seen before.
40:43It's what kept me going, just about.
40:46Do you go to Harcorden?
40:47Yes?
40:49Oh, good.
40:49So kind.
40:51Off we go.
40:52We're doing it our way and we never ever give up.
40:55As a team, we've always carried on.
40:56We'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.
41:06Yeah.
41:06I wouldn't give up on you though, Mark.
41:08No, you wouldn't.
41:08And that's a sign of friendship.
41:12Here's to you, Julia, wherever you are.
41:14Yeah.
41:15Who inspired us.
41:16Who inspired us.
41:17Thank you, Julia.
41:19Yeah.
41:19Thank you, Julia!
41:20She's laughing.
41:24For Margot, travelling was also an opportunity 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,
41:52and that there is no place like home.
41:54I 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,
42:02I've applied them to my life.
42:04The 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.
42:16But 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.
42:37I thought what people might say, what people might think.
42:40I just couldn't care less now.
42:42In a way, it's because of Margot, she's very open and very free
42:45and doesn't worry what people think about her.
42:47And I've taken that on board.
42:48You were first on the dance floor in Sri Lanka as well.
42:51He led 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...
43:11We've been talking about it, yes.
43:12Yes.
43:12We have been talking about it, yes.
43:14And 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.
43:27It's almost like she was on the race with you.
43:29Yeah.
43:29She was on the race with you.
43:30Yeah.
43:30That's lovely.
43:31It's a lovely legacy.
43:32Lovely legacy.
43:41Arriving in Mongolia, the filming teams faced one of the toughest environments the race
43:46had come up against.
43:48Navigating 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.
44:07It's all very exciting.
44:07We've got this massive map of the country that our level fixes have lent us.
44:13And we basically have just got all of the stops and the potential places we think that the cast might
44:18be headed.
44:18We just need to make sure we know where all the teams are at all times.
44:21To ensure safety, production members keep the teams trackable 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 yesterday's rushes.
44:47This is my office.
44:51It's the final two weeks of race and this just feels like an absolute privilege and pleasure to be here
44:57filming this.
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.
45:17Sir.
45:19Yes.
45:19We're on our own.
45:29Weather, again we may heat minus 25 degrees.
45:33It's going to be cold.
45:35Stay covered properly.
45:37Nice.
45:39And stay 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.
45:51From 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.
46:16Lots of layers on.
46:16This is quite extreme here.
46:18The worst part of the entire night was doing snoring, guys.
46:21That's such a few.
46:22That is your snoring.
46:24Your snoring.
46:25It's colder than I had expected that I'd buy 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.
46:36It was good.
46:38It was fun, isn't it?
46:39Yeah, but I think I grossly underestimated how cold it was going to be.
46:45Ending 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 ten 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
47:17live it.
47:17But me and Jo have never really, we spent some time together being like little holidays, but it's never been
47:21more 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 shocking.
47:33Comfort.
47:34Comfort is your best friend.
47:35Those are old man shoes down there.
47:37Those are old man shoes.
47:38Oh.
47:39Eager to make every second count, 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.
48:00Yeah.
48:01Yeah.
48:02Excuse me.
48:02What are you trying to say?
48:05Liverpool's a small place.
48:06We've gone up to the city, don't get me wrong, but it's kind of like, you still don't scale to
48:12how probably the 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.
48:31And I think it's flipped, isn't it?
48:33They didn't pass 3am in the morning.
48:36Yes, 3am in the morning.
48:38I don't think any teams could have done it faster.
48:42Don't judge a book by his cover.
48:44I think one thing about me and 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, oh, we have to do everything and think of it in a specific way.
48:55And Jo would be like, no, just act, do.
48:58So 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 I, if I, if I, if you weren't there.
49:05But you, you, you were 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 her best.
49:32Yeah.
49:32Especially being, being last, it's a kick up the, kick up the ass.
49:36You 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 place.
49:51It is, in no way.
49:53Oh, 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 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 and it dug up a lot of feelings that I hadn't
50:18dealt 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, you could 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, 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, we, we kept moving.
51:10Oh!
51:11Come on, bro.
51:12Panel spin.
51:13And we never gave up once.
51:18What?
51:19Wait.
51:20How did we do that, bro?
51:24I've started seeing a weekly counsellor just to, to help process my emotions.
51:28And I think it's really, really helped.
51:29Nothing to do with the race, just in, in day-to-day life.
51:31And now I can learn to handle myself a lot better.
51:34But, but it's about learning.
51:35Yeah, exactly.
51:36Life's learning and life's about learning and learning as you make, 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 okay to ask for help.
51:48I mean, we couldn't have done it without asking for,
51:51only hundreds of people helped 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.
52:03Do you think we can stay at his house?
52:04What?
52:09How many times a week do you eat sardine?
52:11Five.
52:12Five times a week?
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 travelling, and I don't think
52:36I would have gone to Gambia without it.
52:38I did get in contact with this family who owned a farm, and they look for travellers to
52:43come help them work, and in return they get food, a shelter, and a family to chill with.
52:50And that's what I did.
52:52And I did, I explained how I wanted to explore my heritage, and I think they resonated with
53:00that.
53:00They were very caring.
53:02What would you like to do next?
53:04What do you fancy doing?
53:05We've got no real plan at the moment in terms of the future, but I know that we both are
53:09going to travel.
53:10We don't know where yet, but it's going to happen.
53:12At 19 years old, you guys have accomplished something so major in your life.
53:17I wish I was doing the stuff like this when I was 19.
53:20I was just revising for exams.
53:22That's my whole life.
53:24Honestly, so proud of you.
53:27So proud of you from the bottom of our hearts.
53:29Genuinely.
53:30Let's go.
53:31Let's go.
53:32Let'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!
53:48Oh, my God!
53:49Oh, my God!
53:50Oh, my God!
53:51Oh, my God!
53:52You have won!
53:53Yo!
53:54I feel this race is bigger than a degree.
53:59You'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.
54:11And 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
54:19because you've dealt with the low.
54:20You can just do whatever you want, and the world is there to be seen,
54:24and put your phone down, and actually listen to people.
54:29Can I take you into school and say that?
54:30Yeah.
54:31Yeah.
54:33I've got a question for everyone.
54:35Yeah.
54:35Would you do it again?
54:37Yeah.
54:37Absolutely.
54:38Absolutely.
54:39Yeah, I'd pay a lot of money to do it again.
54:46Oh, nice!
54:47Mm-hmm.
54:51Oh, look, look, look, look.
54:56It's gorgeous.
54:59Young, single, available full of dumpling.
55:02What more could you want?
55:04Oh, where are we going?
55:09It's definitely the most beautiful drive I've ever been on when it's highlight. Wow. It's almost mystical, isn't it?
55:15Oh my teeny mackerel. Oh look, there's one there. Oh, it's huge.
55:22You all right, kid? I love you. I'm very proud of us. I can't like it.
55:28Epic, absolutely epic. Woohoo! Katie, what are you doing? Oh, f*** it.
55:36Woohoo! Oh my god!
55:38Yo, we won!
55:39Yo!
55:41We did it.
55:43We won.
55:51Hello, backpackers. I'm Tyler West.
55:53Press the red button now to watch Race Across The World, The Detour on BBC iPlayer.
55:58I'm joined by resident travel expert Alfie Watts, comedian Harriet Kemsley, and previous race winners Eamon and Jamil.
56:04We'll see you then.
56:06We'll see you then.
56:07We'll see you then.
56:09All of us.
56:15Be sure.LECT?
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