Celebrity Race Across the World returns 28 October with Borneo-to-Melbourne route

Mixed · 2The BBC has confirmed that the fourth series of Celebrity Race Across the World will begin on BBC One on Wednesday 28 October at 8pm. 1 2 Mixed · 2Four celebrity pairs will cover a 7,500km (4,660 miles) route from Kuching, in the Malaysian state of Sarawak in north-west Borneo, to Melbourne, Australia. 1 2 Mixed · 2The pairs are singer Sam Ryder and his tour manager Kaz; singer Ella Eyre and childhood friend Nana; broadcaster Jeff Stelling and his son Matt; and Princess and Junior Andre, the children of Katie Price and Peter Andre. 1 2

Mixed · 2The teams give up phones and credit cards and travel with a map and a budget of £52 a day (£26 per person), relying on local transport and their own resourcefulness; the route crosses three countries and two continents. 1 2 Right · 1The Daily Mail says the first trailer has been released, showing the pairs setting off with little more than a basic guide and a small budget, with Princess and Junior Andre leaping off a cliff into water and one of them looking visibly stressed on a bus. 2 Right · 1Tim Harcourt, Chief Creative Officer at Studio Lambert, said the pairs navigate a journey that "lays bare two extremes of today's world", while Jasmyn McGuile, BBC Commissioning Editor for Factual Entertainment and Events, said audiences had been asking when the Race might reach Australia. 2

Mixed · 2Previous celebrity winners were Alex Beresford and his father Noel (2023), Scott Mills and husband Sam Vaughan (2024) and Roman Kemp and sister Harleymoon (2025). 1 2 Right · 1The Daily Mail adds that the standard Race Across The World returns to BBC One and iPlayer next spring. 2