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Celebrity Race Across the World Premieres Tonight on BBC One With 5,900km Mexico-to-Colombia Challenge

Four duos compete without phones on a shoestring budget under a hands-off production that intervenes only for safety.

Overview

  • Celebrity Race Across the World debuts Thursday 6 November at 8pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
  • The celebrity pairs are Anita Rani with her dad Bal, Dylan Llewellyn with his mum Jackie, Tyler West with fiancée Molly Rainford, and Roman Kemp with his sister Harleymoon.
  • The route starts on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, and spans roughly 5,900km to the finish at Colombia’s Península de La Guajira, with five checkpoints along the way.
  • Contestants must navigate without smartphones or internet and live on about £30 per day, one of the tightest budgets used on the show.
  • Producers say embedded crews remain detached and give no hints, stepping in only to prevent ‘stupidly dangerous’ actions, with security and medical support accompanying teams.