Race Across The World - Series 3

[LindorDoubleChoc]

This starts Wednesday week on BBC1 (22 March).

Anyone want to join me on a thread about it? I saw some episodes of the previous two series but didn't watch them all and am kicking myself about it now because it really is such an interesting and beautifully shot reality series.

So am going to watch the whole of the next one - this time in Canada!

I love this!

Inspiration

After being underwhelmed at Canada as location..I can safely say whole series is very unsatisfying.
My dd and I have just binge re watched series one and two and the difference is huge...agree about weird editing in this series

How did Monique and Ladi get to the station?

I got serious pancake envy at the beginning of the episode!

@Theredjellybean , @LindorDoubleChoc @RaininginDarling

Yes , yes and yes !
Upthread someone was complaining about the negative comments on this series .
Well I’m sorry but I am so bloody angry that a programme I absolutely loved has degenerated to this extent .
It’s all so fake , manufactured drama throughout .

Fuming !!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

And yes I do know that nobody is forcing me to watch, so I won’t be in future - just wanted to register my anger and disappointment.
Rant over !

This series def not as good. Dh just watched series 2 & i rewatched a bit with him and it’s so much better!

It all seems a bit pointless when there are so few travel options like everybody ending up on the same train to Churchill.
Maybe they were hoping some of them would miss it and have to try to claw back a 2 day deficit.
It would have been more interesting viewing tbh.
The Canadian scenery is all that's keeping me interested.

Where can you see past series? Is it bbc iplayer?

All of them are there. A treat in store.

Thanks CrossPurposes In Ireland so can't get access to the player unfortunately shame 🙁

Is it the fact it's in Canada?or the people?or both? I am simply not interested in any of them enough to care who wins.
I think the two brothers where potentially the most interesting and they left!

I’m still really enjoying it and love seeing the landscapes etc. I think half the problem is that the contestants are too similar.

I was sorry to see the brothers go, as they added a different dimension to the series. I would have liked to see one brother grow more in confidence due to doing the programme.

I’m loving how we’re seeing Monique grow and her relationship with her dad. The two women have a lovely friendship. I think they’re my favourite couple.

I can understand why Canada was chosen due to the challenges of covid etc. so it is amazing they managed to put this series together at all. Canada looks gorgeous however I do miss the challenge of seeing teams tackle language barriers, culture changes, exchanging currency and crossing borders which I hope they can return to in any future series.

The problem I have with particular series is the it's the lack of variation in routes, strange editing choices where people suddenly end up somewhere with no explanation of how they got there and the feeling that certain parts feel staged.

Why on earth did Cathie and Tricia go up the Calgary tower when she had a panic attack going on the cable car ?

Cos they want to win lol

I am enjoying it, of a fashion. But I've had to pretty much separate it from series 1 & 2 and it's just not remotely the same.

In series 1 & 2, the places that they went were absolutely fascinating and I really loved most of the teams.

This time it's all just so dull, it's like I'm not watching the same show, at all. I think Canada was completely the wrong choice, it's all very safe and well, boring. The next one needs to be completely different like racing down from Japan to Australia or similar.

I like it as a contrast to the other series tbh.

There aren't the language barriers, but there are certainly cultural differences.

It's not all 'samey' - there's hugely different landscapes and challenges - it's much harder with the budget and it seems much more limited options for travel than in more densely populated parts of the world. It just don't have the currency and language issues to the same degree.

We have been watching going 'ooo we'd like to go there' in a way that's different. It's much more accessible than say going to Azerbaijan or Columbia. Its somewhere thats easier to do with a child.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to go to both but have issues over security and safety with DS. DH and I probably will do something much more out there when older. We are currently talking about another back packing trip with DS in eastern Europe ATM if/when money allows.

I have to say I almost felt like travelling through Europe was overlooked/ skipped over in series one in favour of the more exotic which I felt was a shame. It was Dover then oh we've left Europe really.

If it's making viewer appreciate more exotic travel that's not a bad thing either. It will encourage them to go to other places in series one and two.

My biggest beef with this series is more about who they picked as characters which is making it feel more flat to me. The two lads who were eliminated were just badly cast. Claudia and her Dad need intensive therapy not reality TV. I find Zainib really prickly and unlikeable though I have a lot of time for Mobeen.

There's only really two couples I like that much at all, and I can't say I've become emotionally invested in them as I have in previous series.

The other problem has been the choice of check points - they've picked almost dead ends - which has kept the couple's together too much. I think having to go via Churchill wasn't a bad idea, but ending a leg there, not so great. The legs which haven't had only one train / ferry you can't possibly miss, have been much better viewing.

For me the problem isn't Canada itself - it's the casting and thought given to how/where you can have that element of race for the program.

These two really wind me up, together with claudia they have made for a very tedious series.

I really like them & think they have a lovely friendship. The only thing I don't like is that my teenage DSs call them 'old women', when they're just a couple of years older than me!

I am enjoying this season but find I am fast-forwarding through Taxi Dad. I did enjoy Monique and Claudia on the train bonding over their dad issues.

I didn't initially warm to Zainib but she and Mobeen have such a lovely relationship where they complement each other so well. I also liked the section with the evangelical farmers, who had probably never met a Muslim before, and then they ended up bonding and having an amazing time as people of faith together.

I loved the way Zainib said that she wasn't in the mood for being sociable, and Mobeen stepped in to do the chatting. It seemed like they have a great relationship and can rely on each other when they're struggling.

They're probably my favourites, followed by the friends.

My favourites are
Zainib and Mobeen
And Ladi and Monique

I’m enjoying the series but agree with others that this series seems completely different to the first two. I’m not warming to some of the contestants (Kevin and Claudia mainly but the two ladies are also starting to grate) and I don’t feel like they’re all getting on with each other at the checkpoints as others have in the previous series, series two particularly they all got on so well and had such a strong bond as a group which was so lovely. Canada looks amazing but travel options seem so limited and that’s making it not so interesting.

Well at least there was a train ride in episode 3.

I never have had any desire to go to Canada and I’ve seen nothing to alter that. On the other hand I found myself perusing a holiday in Uzbekistan last night having seen it in Series 1.

I wonder what happens to people after they’ve revealed themselves on a series like this. Do they think about how they’ve come across on the programme?

I like Zaineb and Mobeen and the two ladies don’t grate too much although I’d not like the smaller one to work for me nor would I like to work for her. I think she’d try to organise me too much. She seems very efficient.

I agree that it seemed silly they all got to the same train then it was simply a run to the finish.