Race Across The World thread

It’s tv so of course it’s contrived. It would not be worth watching if one couple got lucky and a lorry driver took them all the way and they finished miles ahead of everyone else.

I sill like it I just accept it for what it is.

@BMX Bandit nailed it when he said he had no story. They want people who are going on a “journey”. Daughter/father type disfunctional relationship type stuff.

Or health issues that type of thing.

The white, middle class, heterosexual, contented pair have no chance of making the cut.
 
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Darlo1973 said:
North Korea would be out and filming in China is very restricted (as seen in S1) but I like the idea of some island hopping in the Philippines which would create loads of potential routes and avoid them all doing the same thing which the previous series suffered a lot from.
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Going to islands where there's one ferry a day or less is pretty pointless cos it just creates a catch-up point. Three couples on the same daily ferry to Corsica or wherever with a few hundred yards to the hotel when they land makes it a bit crap, although the makers will argue it stops one team running away with it.
 
Big Jeff said:
It’s tv so of course it’s contrived. It would not be worth watching if one couple got lucky and a lorry driver took them all the way and they finished miles ahead of everyone else.

I sill like it I just accept it for what it is.

@BMX Bandit nailed it when he said he had no story. They want people who are going on a “journey”. Daughter/father type disfunctional relationship type stuff.

Or health issues that type of thing.

The white, middle class, heterosexual, contented pair have no chance of making the cut.
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Think you maybe wrong on the last bit, someone I know their in-laws are doing it, not sure about their social status like.
 

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