The BEST episodes of Race Across the World
Every episode of Race Across the World ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Race Across the World!
In a frenetic race across the world, travellers can choose any route they like - but no flights or phones are allowed. On the trip of a lifetime, which pair will finish first?
#1 - Episode 8
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/21/2026
After more than 11,000km across eight countries, the teams face one final test of endurance as they race to claim victory at the finish line in Hatgal, Mongolia.
#2 - Episode 8
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/26/2020
The teams embark on the final leg of their journey, heading off on the 4,800 kilometre trek to the finish line in Ushuaia, Argentina, the most southerly city in the world. However, as they prepare to leave the last checkpoint, one of the teams reveals that they have run out of money and will not be completing the challenge. The three remaining pairs rely on different tactics to get ahead, benefiting from risky gambles, lucky opportunities and the kindness of strangers.
#3 - The Final
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/29/2024
Twelve minutes is all that separates the first two teams as they embark on the final leg of their Race Across the World from Jakarta to Lombok.
#4 - Episode 7
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/3/2023
41 days since the start on Canada's Pacific coast, the teams now have the Atlantic within their reach, lapping the shores of the seventh checkpoint at the seaside town of Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
#5 - Episode 1
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/23/2025
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.
#6 - Episode 7
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/19/2020
With two teams at the checkpoint – Ilha Grande in Brazil – the remaining teams are engaged in a frantic race to avoid finishing the leg in last place. Dom and Lizzie are on foot running through the jungle, whilst Jo and Sam are paddling furiously in a canoe across the bay. It is a nail-biting ending, and the siblings just manage to edge out their rivals and sign into the book.
#7 - Episode 6
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/26/2023
In the sixth leg of the race, the pairs must brush up on their language skills, as the next stop is in Quebec. To get there, the teams must navigate Canada’s most densely inhabited region.
#8 - Episode 5
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/31/2019
It is the penultimate leg of BBC Two’s unrivalled travel series, that has taken viewers on a journey through the wilds of Kazakhstan to ancient villages in China. This leg sees the remaining four teams head through the dense forests and bustling metropolises of Cambodia and Vietnam, and the final checkpoint before Singapore – the island paradise of Koh Rong.
#9 - Episode 6
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/2024
After the tranquillity of the islands of Koh Phi Phi, the teams now face a giant leap into the unknown, leaving Thailand behind to embark on a 2,000km journey to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
#10 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/7/2019
The teams face the final leg of their journey, travelling 1500 miles down the Malaysian Peninsula to Singapore. However, seven weeks on the road is starting to take its toll. Josh and Felix are reliant on the kindness of strangers, Natalie and Shameema make a desperate gamble, Tony collapses with back pain, and Darron is forced to face his fear of dogs. Last in the series.
#11 - Episode 3
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/5/2023
The five pairs leave Dawson City and head south to the third checkpoint, the Rocky Mountain resort town of Banff. This time, the team arriving in last place will be eliminated from the race.
#12 - Episode 1
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2023
Five teams set off from Vancouver on a race across Canada. Without smartphones, internet access or credit cards, they will need plenty of ingenuity to make it to the finish line in Newfoundland.
#13 - Episode 8
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/11/2025
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.
#14 - Episode 3
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2020
Setting off from Panama City, the remaining four teams take to the Caribbean Sea, but there are complications when a state of emergency is declared in the destination of their next checkpoint.
#15 - Episode 7
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/2024
The teams must travel through the populous Indonesian island of Sumatra, where they will endure an ad-hoc transport system, limited accommodation options and virtually zero English spoken.
#16 - Episode 5
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2020
The four teams have reached the halfway mark in the 25,000km race to Ushuaia, and with only eight and a half hours between them, the race is on. To reach the next checkpoint - Cafayate in Argentina - teams must choose to travel through either Bolivia or Chile, but an unstable political climate in both countries puts everyone’s journeys at risk. With half the race still to complete, emotions are pushed to breaking point.
#17 - Episode 6
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/2020
With three teams at the checkpoint at Cafayate in Argentina, one team is yet to arrive. Dom and Lizzie are over 24 hours behind their competitors and after a disastrous last leg, they must rely on all their ingenuity to claw their way back into the race.
#18 - Episode 1
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/2024
In a frenetic race across the world, travellers can choose any route they like - but no flights or phones are allowed. On the trip of a lifetime, which pair will finish first?
#19 - The Final
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/10/2023
The third series of Race Across the World reaches its epic climax as the pairs complete their gruelling journey across Canada. Which team will triumph?
#20 - Episode 2
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/17/2024
The race to Lombok is well underway and less than five hours separate the teams. Leaving Nara City, they must cross their first border into South Korea to reach the second checkpoint in Sokcho.
#21 - Episode 4
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2023
The teams head for the fourth checkpoint, the remote outpost of Churchill, on Hudson Bay. The only transport is a twice-weekly train, and they have just three days to catch it.
#22 - Episode 2
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2020
The teams head out of Copan Ruinas in western Honduras to their next checkpoint – Panama City. Having raced hard in the previous leg, leaders Jo and Sam are keen to experience more this time.
#23 - Episode 5
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/2023
The teams head for Lake Huron, a 3,000-kilometre journey, but the pairs only have one way out of Churchill – a noisy overnight train south.
#24 - Episode 3
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/7/2025
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.
#25 - Episode 5
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2026
At the halfway stage of the race, the teams discover their next checkpoint lies within Zaamin National Park, Uzbekistan. To reach it, they must navigate the endless horizons of the vast Kazakh steppe.