TYLER WEST REPLACES SCOTT MILLS AS HOST OF RACE ACROSS THE WORLD VISUALISED PODCAST

Race Across the World returns to iPlayer and BBC One for its sixth series from 2 April 2026, as five intrepid teams embark on the journey of a lifetime, racing more than 12,000km across Europe and Asia, the largest continental area on earth.

Broadcaster, DJ and Celebrity Race Across the World contestant Tyler West hosts the new video podcast Race Across the World: The Detour. The podcast will also feature series four winner Alfie Watts, sharing his top travel tips and hacks.

Race Across the World: The Detour will be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds immediately after the new series airs. The weekly video podcast will be the TV show’s younger, wilder sibling, charting the ups and downs of the new series.

Each week the podcast will welcome guests from travel-savvy creators, to comedians and celebrity fans of the show, as they dissect destinations, swap tales of adventure, and celebrate the real life stories and unforgettable journeys of Race Across the World.

The route carves through eight distinctive countries: Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia – each bringing its own language, culture and climate. In the most extreme race to date, conditions swing from 30-degree Mediterranean heat to subarctic temperatures of –20°C. And they’ve got to do it all on a budget of less than £26 per person per day.

The teams will race from Palermo on the island of Sicily all the way to the remote village of Hatgal on the shores of lake Hövsgöl, in northern Mongolia. Retracing parts of the ancient Silk Road, they’ll follow in the footsteps of traders who once connected the east and west across these vast, unforgiving landscapes.

They’ll have to navigate their way from the bustling streets of Italy – one of the world’s most visited destinations – to one of its most remote, the windswept Mongolian steppe. With smartphones, internet access and bank cards left behind, they are armed with nothing but the cash equivalent of flying the route.

Race Across The World returns tonight at 8pm on BBC One.