8.1/1041 votesLoading...#1 - Mendoza, Argentina to Ushuaia, Argentina
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.
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7.9/1036 votesLoading...#2 - Ilha Grande, Brazil to Mendoza, Argentina
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.
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7.9/1028 votesLoading...#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.
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7.8/1031 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
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7.7/1038 votesLoading...#5 - Puno, Peru to Cafayate, Argentina
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/2020
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.
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7.7/1036 votesLoading...#6 - Cafayate, Argentina to Ilha Grande, Brazil
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 must rely on all their ingenuity to claw their way back into the race.
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7.6/1040 votesLoading...#7 - Villavieja, Colombia to Puno, Peru
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/2020
As the 25,000km race to Ushuaia approaches the half-way mark, the four teams compete not just with each other but with the extreme altitudes of Peru.
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7.6/1042 votesLoading...#8 - Liverpool to St John's
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?
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7.5/1051 votesLoading...#9 - Greenwich, London to Delphi, Greece
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/3/2019
The teams set off from Greenwich. They must pass through five checkpoints to reach their final destination. First up: the ancient city of Delphi.
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7.5/1044 votesLoading...#10 - Koh Rong, Cambodia to Singapore
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.
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7.5/1041 votesLoading...#11 - Panama City, Panama to Villavieja, Colombia
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/2020
Setting off from Panama City, they take to the Caribbean Sea, bypassing the most dangerous place in the Western Hemisphere - the Darien Gap.
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7.5/1043 votesLoading...#12 - Quebec City to Liverpool
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.
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7.5/1038 votesLoading...#13 - 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?
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7.5/1034 votesLoading...#14 - Episode 3
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/24/2024
The teams enter south east Asia, starting the third leg from Vietnamese capital Hanoi. They must race over 2,000km through Vietnam and into the Kingdom of Cambodia to reach Phnom Penh.
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7.5/1031 votesLoading...#15 - Episode 5
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/2024
The teams must navigate the full length of Thailand to reach the next checkpoint - Koh Phi Phi - an archipelago of islands immortalised by the Hollywood blockbuster movie The Beach.
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7.5/1028 votesLoading...#16 - 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 2000km journey to the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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7.4/1048 votesLoading...#17 - Delphi, Greece to Baku, Azerbaijan
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/10/2019
The five teams head to their next checkpoint - Baku in Azerbaijan - a journey that will see them leave behind the familiarity of the West for the exotic and unknown of the East.
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7.4/1044 votesLoading...#18 - Manitoulin Island to Quebec City
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.
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7.4/1030 votesLoading...#19 - Episode 4
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/2024
The teams are starting from the third checkpoint in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and must travel 1,400 kilometres through Thailand, one of the most visited countries in the world.
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7.3/1044 votesLoading...#20 - Baku, Azerbaijan to Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/17/2019
The four remaining teams leave Azerbaijan and head across the deserts, mountains and Silk Road cities of Central Asia in the third leg of the challenge. Along the way, they meet a stuntman with a high-octane car, get the chance to watch a grisly 13th-century Kazakh sport played between horse riders and using the carcass of a dead goat, and brave a storm on the Caspian sea.
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7.3/1042 votesLoading...#21 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan to Huangyao, China
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/24/2019
The global travel series reaches another level this week as the four remaining teams enter the People’s Republic of China. After nearly a month on the road together, relationships are coming under increasing pressure in what is the most challenging leg of the race to date. With vast distances to cover to the checkpoint - the ancient village of Huangyao - budgets are running low and emotions are high.
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7.3/1042 votesLoading...#22 - Huangyao, China to Koh Rong, Cambodia
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.
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7.3/1041 votesLoading...#23 - Copan Ruinas, Honduras to Panama City, Panama
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/2020
The race to Ushuaia is underway, and the five teams head out of Copan Ruinas in western Honduras to their next checkpoint – Panama City
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7.3/1034 votesLoading...#24 - 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.
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7.2/1050 votesLoading...#25 - Mexico City, Mexico to Copan Ruinas, Honduras
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/2020
In the first episode, the teams set off from Mexico City – a gargantuan metropolis and the largest Spanish speaking city in the world.
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The Best Episodes of Race Across the World
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"Mendoza, Argentina to Ushuaia, Argentina" is the best rated episode of "Race Across the World". It scored 8.1/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/26/2020. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ilha Grande, Brazil to Mendoza, Argentina".