When does Race Across the World start? BBC confirms Series 5 release date

• Race Across the World is plotting the course for its 5th series.
• Teams will race from the Great Wall of China to the southernmost tip of India.
• But when will the new episodes start?

Grab your map and your compass because a brand new series of Race Across the World is almost here. The BBC has finally confirmed the start date for the highly anticipated new episodes.

A teaser for the fifth season of the show started to appear on TV earlier this month. Finally the cast was confirmed and the starting point was revealed as the Great Wall of China.

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When does Race Across the World start?

The fifth season of the hit BBC show is set to begin on Wednesday April 23. It is due to begin at 9pm and will be broadcast on BBC One.

There will be nine episodes, it has been confirmed. Five teams of two are once again competing for the chance to win the £20,000 prize.

Who is competing in Race Across the World 2025?

The teams include: sisters, Elizabeth and Letitia; former married couple, Yin and Gaz; brothers, Brian and Melvyn; teenage couple, Fin and Sioned; and mother and son, Caroline and Tom.

Racing across vast distances without smartphones or bank cards, and armed only with cash equating to the cost of flying the route, our teams will be pushed to their absolute limits. The teams will start at the Great Wall of China and they will race 14,000 km to the southernmost tip of India.

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