Race Across the World
| Race Across the World | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality competition Travel |
| Directed by | Rob Fisher |
| Narrated by | John Hannah |
| Theme music composer | Michael Burns |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Saben Tim Harcourt Stephen Lambert |
| Producers | Brent Gundesen Zoe Hines Georgina Kiedrowski Eddie Lewis Alex Reynolds |
| Editor | Stephen Day |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Studio Lambert |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 3 March 2019 – 26 April 2020 |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 8 March 2023 – present |
| Related | |
| Celebrity Race Across the World | |
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Race Across the World is a British television competition programme, in which teams of two race across an area of the world to become the fastest to reach a destination using any means of transportation other than air travel. The programme was broadcast on BBC Two for the first two series, but due to better than expected viewership moved to BBC One for the third series. It has been narrated by John Hannah since first airing in 2019.
The first series, consisting of six episodes, aired from 3 March to 7 April 2019. The series proved successful, and on 9 July 2019, the BBC confirmed that a second and third series had been commissioned. The second series consisted of nine episodes, with the opening episode broadcast on 8 March 2020. Due to the success of the airings on BBC Two, the BBC announced moving the third series to BBC One. Further series have been commissioned.
A spin-off series, Celebrity Race Across the World, started airing in 2023.