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Race Across The World series five line up REVEALED: From 'teenage romancers' to a 'former married couple'


Race Across the World is back with a new location and five sets of contestants vying to win a huge cash prize.

It comes after season four winner Alfie Watts travelled back to Japan to pay for the meal a waiter gave him for free when he was worried about his budget on the award-winning BBC show. The star from St Albans was intent on remaining frugal after he and his pal Owen Wood were only given a budget of £1,100 each to make their way from northernmost Japan to the idyllic Indonesian island of Lombok. After an initial disappointment at the expensive price of the beef when they sat down to try it at a local restaurant, the Hertfordshire school mates were left ecstatic when they were offered to try it free of charge.

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