Celebrity Race Across the World

Four celebs, 24 countries, zero VIP treatment. With no phones or flights allowed, famous faces and family pairs must get from Africa to the Arctic - by any means necessary.

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Seasons

1. Marrakesh, Morocco to Pinhão, Portugal

Air Date: 2023-09-20

Taking on the race from Africa to the Arctic are McFly drummer, Harry Judd, British racing driver and pundit Billy Monger, singer-songwriter Mel Blatt and broadcaster Alex Beresford.

2. Pinhão, Portugal to Bonifacio, Corsica

Air Date: 2023-09-27

The race intensifies as the four pairs must leave Pinhão in Portugal’s Douro Valley, and navigate 2000km through Spain and France to the second checkpoint in Bonifacio on the island of Corsica.

3. Bonifacio, Corsica to Zermatt, Switzerland

Air Date: 2023-10-04

As the teams approach the halfway point, they must navigate their way from the Mediterranean island of Corsica to the third checkpoint in Zermatt, a mountain resort nestled in the Swiss Alps.

4. Zermatt, Switzerland to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Air Date: 2023-10-11

Budgets are dwindling and the intensity of the race is stepping up as the teams leave western Europe behind.

5. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina to Berlin, Germany

Air Date: 2023-10-18

The race has reached its fifth and penultimate leg as the four celebrities and their loved ones navigate their way 1500km north from Sarajevo to Germany’s capital, Berlin.

6. Berlin, Germany to Tromsø, Norway

Air Date: 2023-10-25

It's a race to the finish line in Tromsø for the four celebrity teams. Which will get there first and be crowned champions?

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2024-08-14

The wildly popular Celebrity Race Across the World is back. Four new famous faces will be embarking on an epic 12,500km race from the Amazon rainforest all the way to the Andes at ground level.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2024-08-21

The race to Frutillar in southern Chile is underway. The four teams must leave the beach town of Canoa Quebrada and race through the north east region of Brazil to their second checkpoint, Lençóis, the gateway to the sprawling Chapada Diamantina National Park.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2024-08-28

The teams race from the charming, cobblestoned town of Lençóis, Bahia, to the gigantic metropolis of São Paulo, via Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Seguro and Brasília.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2024-09-04

The teams reach the halfway mark, and after sixteen days traversing the length of Brazil, it’s time to cross the border and enter the heart of South America and three new countries.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2024-09-11

The teams will race from Tigre, on the banks of the Paraná River, high into the far north of Argentina and 2,500 metres above sea level, to the 10,000-year-old mountain town of Tilcara.

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2024-09-18

The race reaches its climax as one lucky team claims their title as champions of Celebrity Race Across the World.

1. Episode 1

Air Date: 2025-11-06

Four familiar faces - Roman Kemp, Dylan Llewellyn, Anita Rani and Molly Rainford - set off with a loved one on an epic 5,900km race through Central America.

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2025-11-13

The race to the Guajira Peninsula is under way. The teams can choose to travel through Guatemala, southern Belize or Honduras to reach the second checkpoint of El Zonte in El Salvador.

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2025-11-20

The teams race from the surf mecca El Zonte on the Pacific coast across the entirety of El Salvador, known as the land of volcanoes, before entering Honduras to reach the third checkpoint, the colonial mountain town of Valle de Ángeles.

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2025-11-27

The teams travel through the breathtaking beauty of Costa Rica, a country that contains five per cent of the world’s biodiversity, before reaching Panama, the seventh country of the race. The next checkpoint is Bocas del Toro, an archipelago off Panama’s Caribbean coast.

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2025-12-04

It’s the penultimate leg of the race and the longest so far. Teams must travel from the islands of Bocas del Toro on northern Panama’s Caribbean coast, to Medellín, Colombia’s second largest city.