The £20k isn't the contestants' main goal, they're after something far more meaningful but would Ladi manage to tool-up his 'princess' ('I love travelling, but on holiday') with enough life skills to complete the journey?Īnd would husband-and-wife medics Mobeen, 31, and Zainib, 32, manage to escape their post-Covid routine of 'working and watching TV' in order to have the adventures they deserve, not least as a distraction from their inability to become parents after 'trying for eight years'.
While the second father/daughter duo, Ladi, 52, and Monique, 25, were already close, they sought a fun-packed last hurrah before Monique carried on moving out into the world. Meanwhile, best friends from their teens Cathie, 49, and Tricia, 48, were looking to prove that two busy middle-aged ladies still possessed an adventurous streak by cramming in as many memory-making moments as possible before Tricia loses her already failing eyesight completely. In the case of chalk-and-cheese brothers Marc, 36, and Michael, 34, it was about repairing a fractured sibling relationship that had deteriorated after the death of their dad, while for father-and-daughter duo Kevin, 53, and Claudia, 27, it was about building a loving relationship that, due to divorce, they'd never really had. Yet however desirable it may be to win the cash, this was never any of the contestants' main goal – instead, as their stories unfolded, it became clear that each pair was looking to achieve something far more meaningful.
The show debuted in 2019 with a follow-up in 2020 but despite the fact I spent 2020 binge-watching almost anything, RATW had entirely passed me by.Įventually, a few weeks ago a friend with a 14-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son told me I mustn't miss it: 'Such great telly! And one of the very few things we all watch together.' So I caught up.īetter late than never, right? Unless of course you're a contestant on RATW in pursuit of £20k, in which case never would have conceivably been better than late. No surprise, then, to learn that RATW shares the same production DNA.
However, as it unfolded it became so much more than a format, recalling another great reality hit, Faking It (2000-2006, RIP).
A strong contender for Kathryn Flett's favourite show of the year so far is the unexpectedly moving – bearing in mind it's literally all about moving – Race Across The World
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