In summary:
- Tech Advisor reports that BBC’s Race Across the World Series 6 will premiere in April, featuring an east-to-west journey across eight countries.
- The adventure series challenges teams to travel without smartphones through Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan to northern Mongolia.
- This new route concludes at Lake Khövsgöl in Mongolia, continuing the show’s tradition of exploring diverse global destinations with limited resources.
BBC’s Race Across the World is an epic adventure that sees two-person teams make their way across countries with no smartphone and limited resources – and we now know when series 6 will premiere.
In 2025, series 5 visited Asia, beginning at The Great Wall of China, and ending in Kanniyakumari, the southernmost tip of India. The route was a gruelling 14,000km. Along the way, teams battled public transport woes, money troubles and challenging environments.
The show is a brilliant way to get a glimpse of parts of the world that may not have been on your radar, and think about the way you’d tackle a journey on a shoestring budget. But when will the BBC hit return? We’ve rounded up everything we know so far.
You can also read up on all the news we have on The Traitors season 4.
When will Race Across the World series 6 be released?
Episode one of series 6 of Race Across the World will air on Thursday 2 April 2026. The series will consist of nine weekly 60-minute episodes.
Who are the contestants of Race Across The World series 6?
The sixth series will feature five teams of two players each. They will be:
- Jo and Kush, best friends,
- Katie and Harrison, siblings
- Molly and Andrew, father and daughter
- Puja and Roshni, cousins
- Mark and Margo, in-laws
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Do we know the route for Race Across the World series 6?
This time the participants will embark on an “east-to-west journey”. The route will pass through Italy, Greece, Türkiye, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and finish on the shores of Lake Khövsgö, in northern Mongolia.
Here are the routes from the previous series:
- Series 1: London to Marina Bay (Checkpoints in Greece, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, China, Cambodia and Singapore)
- Series 2: Mexico City to Ushuaia (Checkpoints in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil)
- Series 3: Vancouver to St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (Checkpoints all in Canada)
- Celebrity Series 1: Marrakesh to Tromsø (Checkpoints in Portugal, France, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany and Norway)
- Series 4: Sapporo to Gili Meno (Checkpoints in Japan, South Korea, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia)
- Celebrity Series 2: Belém to Frutillar (Checkpoints in Brazil, Argentina and Chile)
- Series 5: The Great Wall of China to Kanniyakumari (Checkpoints in China, Nepal and India)
- Celebrity Series 3: Isla Mujeres, Mexico to Península de La Guajira, Colombia (Checkpoints in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama)