Race Across the World: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream

No flights, no phones - and one high-stakes, low-budget race to the finish. On a globe-spanning adventure of a lifetime, which pair will cross the line first?

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Series 5 9. The Reunion

9. The Reunion

Six months after undertaking the race of a lifetime, the five intrepid pairs meet for the first time since returning home.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 9pm 18 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 8

Episode 8

After racing nearly 13,000 kilometres over seven weeks through China, Nepal and India, the four teams are about to embark on the final leg of the race.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 9pm 11 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 7

Episode 7

In the penultimate episode, the finish line is in sight for the four remaining teams, who need to reach the seventh checkpoint - Panaji, the tiny capital of India’s smallest state, Goa.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 4 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 6

Episode 6

With over two-thirds of the race completed and almost 10,000km travelled, four teams have successfully made it to the fifth checkpoint, McLeod Ganj.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 9pm 28 May 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 5

Episode 5

After journeying through China and Nepal, the teams have reached northern India. Ahead of them is a journey of 1,500km north west of Varanasi to the fifth checkpoint, McLeod Ganj.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 9pm 21 May 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 4

Episode 4

After reaching Shangri-La in China, the teams discover where they are headed next – one of the world’s oldest living cities, Varanasi.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 9pm 14 May 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 3

Episode 3

The five pairs are challenged to race from the island checkpoint of Sanya to the mysterious Shangri-La – a city sitting on the edge of the Tibetan plateau towards the foothills of the Himalayas.
Duration: 58 mins First broadcast: 9pm 7 May 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 2

Episode 2

The teams race to reach the second checkpoint – Sanya, one of China's most southerly cities. As well as choosing the best route to get there, they have a typhoon to contend with.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 30 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)
Series 5 Episode 1

Episode 1

Five intrepid duos are tasked with undertaking the trip of a lifetime, racing over 14,000km across Asia, the world’s largest continent, taking in three of its nations – China, Nepal and India.
Duration: 59 mins First broadcast: 9pm 23 Apr 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 18 Jun 2030)

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