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Race Across the World is back on BBC One, and among the five teams of two are Londoner Eugenie and her daughter Isabel.The contestants will be pushed to their physical and emotional limits as they leave behind smartphones, internet access and bank cards to cross six seas and eight borders from northernmost Japan.The first team to reach the final destination bags a £20,000 cash prize. Eugenie, 60, hails from Barking and is a teacher, while her daughter Isabel, 25, from Birmingham, is a trainee clinical scientist.They hope that the experience will bring them closer together, despite admitting that their relationship can be fiery at times.

With the fourth series of BBC smash hit Race Across the World now well underway, viewers at home have been excitedly watching a new set of teams try and duke it out for a coveted cash prize by travelling from Japan to Indonesia with only a limited budget. So far, the five teams have made it from Japan to Cambodia after travelling through South Korea and Vietnam, with the gap between each pair getting tighter and tighter.

Race Across the World made a welcome return to TV screens earlier this month, with a new set of contestants ready to take on the once-in-a-lifetime challenge.The new seasons saw 10 competitors tasked with navigating their way through East Asia in pairs, with limited resources, no credit cards and no phones.The duos have 50 days to travel from Japan to Indonesia with only what they can manage to carry.The winning pair get a cash prize of £20,000. With the BBC show back on screens, many fans have been wondering about certain details of the race.

After a year of waiting, Race Across the World returned to screens on Wednesday, 10 April. Five teams are taking part in the race that spans across 10,000 miles across Asia.The teams began in Sapporo, in Hokkaido one of the main islands of Japan all the way to Lombok, an island of Indonesia.

TV’s biggest globetrotting adventure is back with 10 brand new contestants taking on the once-in-a-lifetime challenge. In pairs, the Race Across the World competitors are tasked with navigating their way through East Asia with limited resources, no credit cards and no phones. Over 50 days, they must travel from Japan to Indonesia, with only what they can carry, in an attempt to get their hands on a cash prize of £20,000.This year’s youngest duo, Alfie and Owen, both 20 years old, are best friends and confessed they weren’t exactly fans of the show before agreeing to participate.

BBC's Race Across the World is set to return to TV screens for a new series and the show is looking for intrepid duos of all ages to take a step into the unknown and embark on a epic race across land and sea.

Alex Beresford and his dad, Noel embarked on the once-in-a-lifetime trip at the end of September as they began filming for BBC One's Celebrity Race Across the World.

After six nail biting weeks on our screens, Celebrity Race Across the World finally came to its jaw dropping conclusion, with Alex Beresford taking home the coveted win with his dad Noel.The duo were the first to arrive at the final checkpoint in Tromso, Norway, with the delighted pair clearly overwhelmed with emotion as they celebrated their impressive accomplishment with a series of warm embraces. Hot on their heels however were McFly star Harry Judd and his mum Emma, who finished just four minutes behind the pair, with All Saints star Melanie Blatt and her mum Helene taking home the third place title.

Celebrity Race Across the World viewers were left unimpressed with Wednesday's episode of the BBC One show as they took to social media to complain about the lengthy introduction. At the start of the episode, a recap of previous episodes was shown to refresh viewers' knowledge of Celebrity Race Across The World so far, but some fans were left irritated by the length of time it went on for. One person fumed: "We don’t need to be told the purpose of the show or a recap of what happened last week at the start of every show.

The newest series of Celebrity Race Across the World is well underway, with four celebs and a chosen partner racing their way through 24 different countries. One participant is McFly’s Harry Judd, whose mum Emma is already proving a fan favourite among viewers, with fans praising her for "embracing the culture" wherever see goes. Wednesday (27 September) night's episode saw Emma force her son to partake in some sight-seeing with her as they killed time before an overnight coach journey.

As Celebrity Masterchef's Melanie Blatt returns to TV to take part in the new series of Race Across The World with her mum, OK! Is taking a look at what she has been up to in her professional and family life. Melanie has had a jam-packed career so far, from singing in girl group All Saints, featuring on X Factor, wowing the judges on Celebrity MasterChef and now competing in the biggest and most ruthless journeys across 24 countries.Taking it back to the 90s, Melanie was one of the founding members of All Saints along with Nicole and Natalie Appleton and Shaznay Lewis.The girl group released their first single I Know Where It’s At in 1997 and shot to fame after they released Never Ever.

As Race Across The World returns to our screens this week, fans of the BBC show will no doubt be impressed to hear that the upcoming series has received a very special Celebrity revamp. Every one of this year’s competitors will be a household name from across music, drama and sport, with a number of famous faces including McFly’s Harry Judd, All Saint’s singer Melanie Platt and even Good Morning Britain’s weatherman Alex Beresford taking on the gruelling challenge from Wednesday, 20 September.

The new season of Celebrity Race Across The World will air on BBC One tonight after its initial launch was pushed back.

All Saints' Mel Blatt is taking part in Celebrity Race Across the World and her mum Helene is coming along for the ride. In fact, the pair will spend every minute of the day together for a whole month.

For many, the idea of backpacking across 24 countries with a parent sounds like a recipe for disaster – but it’s exactly what Good Morning Britain’s Alex Beresford, McFly’s Harry Judd and All Saints singer Melanie Blatt signed up for on Celebrity Race Across the World. Along with racing driver and pundit Billy Monger, 24, the BBC show spin-off sees them competing against each other as they race from Morocco to Norway over a month with a limited budget, no air travel and no electronics. During their epic journey they are allowed to bring along a plus one.

Alex Beresford, 41, is taking on the ultimate BBC challenge in Celebrity Race Across the World and bringing along his dad Noel for the ride - however, his old man wasn't his only choice of travel companion. The Good Morning Britain presenter has revealed that he originally wanted to take his wife Imogen on the show with him - but worried they'd "snap at each other" whilst trekking from Morocco to Norway. Celebrity Race Across the World will see Alex compete against McFly’s Harry Judd, All Saints singer Melanie Blatt and racing driver and pundit Billy Monger as they travel 10,000 kilometres over the course of a month.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Ever since the celebrity version of Race Across The World was announced in May, many have been waiting to see who has signed up to the challenge. Now, the participants have now officially been announced and it’s been confirmed the journey will take the celebs from Africa to the Arctic.The famous faces who will go-head-to head on the race of their lives are, Good Morning Britain's Alex Beresford and his dad, Noel; singer Mel Blatt and her mum, Helene; McFly drummer Harry Judd and his mum, Emma and British Racing Driver and pundit Billy Monger and his sister, Bonny.

Tricia and Cathie have been crowned BBC's Race Across The World winners. The eight-episode TV series saw five pairs take part in a literal race across the world as they travelled through various countries.The contestants were pushed to their absolute limits as they made their way through extraordinary terrain whilst on a limited budget. The pairs are given a GPS tracker, a world map, a travel guide and a money belt of cash, but they are not allowed to catch a flight as a mode of transport.The pairs travelled over 16,000 kilometres from Vancouver, Canada, on the Pacific Coast to St John's on the island of Newfoundland.

Race Across The World has been branded a 'fix' by viewers after the final aired last night (May 10). The BBC show sees five pairs of travellers take on a race which sees them travel through several countries without catching planes, using their phones and having no access to internet.

The wild BBC One challenge Race Across The World provides an epic adventure for cast members, but production secrets have revealed just how intense it is with contestants not getting any help at all. Over the last few weeks, we've watched five pairs of travellers take part in the ultimate challenge as they've raced across Canada making their way to different checkpoints in an attempt to take home the £20K prize.

Race Across The World is about to crown the winner of the third series - and it has left fans wondering what happened to the stars of previous series.The popular reality series - which has inspired even more outlandish concepts - follows travellers as they attempt to make their way across a part of the world using absolutely any means necessary - except for air travel.This time around, our intrepid adventurers are trying to make their way across Canada as quickly as possible.They’re given funds equivalent to the cost of a one way plane ticket to their destination. For series two, the contestants were trying to get across Latin America - but what happened to them after the show? Let’s take a look… Emon and Jamiul Choudhury Uncle and nephew duo Emon and Jamiul Choudhury proved that they were the most resourceful travellers of them all when they won series two of the show.The pair scooped up a £20,000 cash prize but opted to donate half of it to charity after witnessing some of the poverty local children were living in.

Scots psychiatrist Zainib Khan had to rely on the kindness of strangers to help her travel thousands of miles across Canada for TV show Race Across the World.

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direct to your inboxTwo men from Greater Manchester who won £20,000 on the hit BBC show Race Across the World have donated their prize money to charity.Emon Choudhury, 36, from Stockport, beat four other teams to win the race alongside his nephew Jamiul Choudhury, 25, from Oldham.The pair beat the odds to complete an epic 54-day journey from Mexico City to the south of Argentina for the second series of the BBC2 show.On their travels, the men were visibly moved by the number of homeless children

BBC Two’s Race Across The World returns for its second series on Sunday evening with a whole new cast of adventure-seekers.