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Race Around the World was an Australian travel documentary and competition series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1997 and 1998. The series was brought to the ABC by filmmaker Michael Rubbo, [2] and was based on the Canadian television series La Course destination monde (1988–1999).
The fourth series of Race Across the World began airing on 10 April 2024 and featured five teams racing from Japan to Indonesia, but skipping over China. China was omitted during the planning stage due to "time constraints and difficulties in travel in the aftermath of the global pandemic ", so a flight was organised to move the contestants ...
The second series of Race Across the World began airing on 8 March 2020 with five teams setting off from Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City in a race to the most southerly city in the world, Ushuaia in Argentina, covering a distance of 25,000 km in 2 months, passing through 7 checkpoints in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.
The third series of Race Across the World began airing on 22 March 2023. Unlike the transcontinental races in previous series, the race took place entirely in Canada between Vancouver, British Columbia and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Each two-person team was required to cross the country on a 16,000-kilometre (9,900 mi) route without ...
A sailor from Cornwall has repaired his mainsail after it was ripped apart during the Vendee Globe, a non-stop race around the world. The tear happened on Monday as Sam Goodchild's yacht ...
The second series of Celebrity Race Across the World was a race over 12,500 kilometres (7,800 mi) across South America, starting in Belém, Brazil and finishing in Frutillar, Chile. It was announced by the BBC on 30 July 2024 and began airing on 14 August 2024 in the 9pm time slot on BBC One .
SailGP, in which 50-foot catamarans race at more than 60 mph in seas and bays around the world, is a grand prix sport comparable to Formula 1 but on water. Meet the only sport in the world ...
The first series of Race Across the World first aired on BBC Two from 3 March to 7 April 2019. [1] Five pairs of racers travelled from London to Singapore, with the contestants each given £1,329 for the whole race without using air transport. The racers travelled over a distance of 12,000 miles in 50 days.