Race Across the World 2024 part 2!

[OutOfTheHouse]

Second thread about the BBC Series.

V much in the minority here but I was rooting for E & I all the way. I thought Isobel was a genius with logistics & they were excellent engaging with locals and getting info. I also liked there competitiveness and focus, they are there to win after all. They also weren’t afraid of hard work. The fact they were only 12 min behind 2 20YO boys at the end with more £ left was something.
I did find the boys a bit irritating

I did think E was very good at interacting with the locals. But there was a kind of emotional emptiness between her and Isobel that I found really disconcerting.

'no interest in them' 😂

Were they on BBC Breakfast this morning or yesterday please? Will download so can watch later

thanks

Can't believe Betty and James got to that job then realised they had to pay for the accommodation 😓

Ace disco bus

This morning. Couldn't be yesterday as the shoe hadn't aired yet so we didn't yet know who'd won.

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thank you!

£1.48 remaining!!

Viv and Steve were still quite far behind.
I though they might catch up a bit cos they had the most money

Strangers are willing to help those on ‘Hunted’ so I think we’d be okay. Also, having a film crew behind you makes it more legit, and everyone loves their fifteen minutes of fame.

I noticed this as well. I also wondered whether she’d been sent to boarding school, or was it due to her parents divorce?

I also thought "boarding school?" last night

Definitely an emotional disconnect between Eugenie and Isabel.. remember when Isabel said something along the lines of it would be nice to have family meals together, and Eugenie dismissed it saying it wasnt possible..

I suspect Eugenie was emotionally unavailable for Isabel as a child and thats understandably caused deep rooted problems.

You might remember about 30 years ago there was a show like Hunted where they spent the week going across the country and had to do a task each day. Then there was a live show on one night a week where they were in a phone box and the hunters had to find them. One of the couples turned up where I worked and we helped them out, fed them, and hid them for the day.

'how do you feel today about the changes in the weather' 😂

Just watched Reunion show. Loved seeing how it was filmed and a few extra bits.

I have to say having done a few 24 hour + coach trips - well let’s just say it may have been 35 years ago but I still remember it like yesterday. Another I remember for 6/7 hours standing as they had oversold that journey. Not a pleasant experience.

Hats off to the contestants for doing all that in front of cameras!

Loved the boys won though B&J were our favourites. I have a suspicion that the end was manipulated by the crew when they realised the boys were four hours ahead of I&E so moved the end from the mainland to the islands where they needed a boat or ferry that couldn't be accessed for around 4 hours meaning I&E caught up. This allowed them to do the usual final "will they won't they" run to the final book moment.
Call me a cynic but I call set up for the dramatic finish. Good series though.

Yes no different to her making the boys believe they didn't have a lot of money

Presumably you couldn't work cash in hand in the UK? There might be a way around it I suppose — bed and board would be fine, and then given money by the production company perhaps.

What would they give them to do here do you think? Dry stone walling, pulling pints in a pub, working in a fish and chip shop. Maybe some farming and fishing work, mucking out stables?

Nah, I reckon that was always going to be the finish line to provide a slight bottleneck and sense of "drama". In the final leg for each series I can remember there has always been some form of "bottle neck".
Come to think of it they've been boat crossings Series 2-4. (I can't remember Series 1) This one wasn't actually as bad as the Series 2 "one ferry a day" bottleneck for the last leg!

Wow Alfie's been gadding about!

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams I always assumed those jobs are vetted and a collection of them pre-arranged so that the candidates don't need to search and the job suppliers know roughly who is coming. So I'd guess the same would be done if in the UK.

Yes, actually if I somehow encountered someone taking part in Hunted I would definitely help.

Mainly because that show has really irritated me by how much it is skewed (perhaps artificially) towards the hunters.

I don't think the jobs have ever been 'real jobs' in competition with locals. I think they have always been set up experiences and probably paid by the production company. In Canada and Europe (series 1) I'm sure they also have rules about working cash in hand.