Race Across the World (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - Marina Bay - Singapore - full transcript

45 days ago,

a once-in-a-lifetime race began.

For six pairs of ordinary brits,

an extraordinary 12,000-mile
journey from London to Singapore

without taking a single flight.

All they had... The
price of an airfare

on the day of departure.
- What am I doing?

Holy moly, that's
going to be tough.

They've
crossed deserts...

This is where you get
to find out about yourself.

Seas...



The storm is coming!

And jungles.

- Whoa! A snake!
- Oh, my god!

They've
battled extreme weather...

I'm at breaking point.

Intense heat...

I need to just sit
down a minute.

I'm going to be bare
bones and a pile of sweat.

And a typhoon...

Why the hell did I do this?

All without the trappings
of modern-day life.

We may not be eating tonight.

I'd give
anything for a flight.

No smartphones...



Is that where it is?

And no bank cards.

No euro?

No euro.

Oh, that's a problem.

The rewards have been great.

I've been able
to appreciate the world.

Most people would go
from "a" to "b" on a plane,

but then they'd miss all this.

This is what we
were searching for.

A £20,000
prize awaits the winners...

I'm going to
start playing dirty.

- Are you?
- They're playing mind games

and intentionally
trying to stress us out.

That's the best thing
that's happened in this entire trip.

This is just once-in-a-lifetime.

It's an amazing privilege.
- Come on, come on!

As they
approach the finish line...

Shift your butt. Come on!

On their "race
across the world."

50 days... blood, sweat, tears.

Previously...

It's race day!

With Singapore
getting ever closer...

Nice to have a little
jog in the morning

with 60 kilos on your back!

The teams raced
through Southeast Asia...

We need to be quick.

To the penultimate checkpoint.

Koh rong.

By stopping for cash...

Every little bit of
money is going to count.

And to
feed the locals...

I hope these bloody
elephants are hungry.

Darron and Alex
grew ever closer...

Doing something like this,
we've bonded even more.

But
gambled with their lead.

- Tony and Elaine in a tuk-tuk.
- Seriously?

Taking
full advantage...

You're kidding me!

Tony and Elaine hauled
themselves back into contention

with the father and son team

to finish the leg
as joint leaders...

Yes!

While for the other two teams...

Shameema! Josh and Felix.

Storm clouds gathered...
- There's a flood.

Leaving them washed
up in last place.

I'm signing in.

All four teams,
they're in it still.

Checkpoint five.

A last chance for the
teams to catch their breath.

With money in short supply,

they're about to begin the dash

to the finish line in Singapore

1,500 miles away.

Dad! Come on.

You ready, big man?

Let's come back to this resort.

Just for a day
or couple of days?

Couple of days.

And then go to the
party island for a bit.

Will you bring your
Chinese girlfriend with you?

Oh, shut up, Tony! I'm single!

Setting off with a
16-hour lead over their rivals,

retired teachers
Tony and Elaine...

This is going to
be nice and sweaty for you!

And darron and Alex.

Let's go get one of these.

We're definitely not here
just to make up the numbers.

We're here to win.
It's as simple as that.

Alex has got
a lot more people skills,

where I'm probably
more logical, calculated.

I think those skills combined
make us a very effective team.

Definitely.

How are you,
dazzle, this morning?

Shivering and vomiting
through the night.

- Ah!
- Oh, no!

Think it's sunstroke
or something.

Yeah.

Really pleased
to hear about that.

We're extremely competitive.
I didn't realize Elaine was,

but she's actually more
competitive than me.

I'm competitive
within myself.

So, like, if I do a half a
marathon in two hours,

then I want to do it in
one hour, 59 minutes.

I'll push myself to
improve performance.

We're going to win this race.

With a mammoth
11,000 miles behind them,

this final leg will
see the teams race

the length of Thailand
and into Malaysia,

before heading for the
finish line in Singapore.

First, they need to
head out of Cambodia.

First one to
Singapore... Take your marks.

Get set.
- Go!

Our philosophy is,
we've got to keep moving.

We've taken the expensive
way - a taxi to the border,

which is 500 kilometers.

We have around $500,

but all our money's going
to go on travel this leg.

With the
healthiest budget remaining,

Tony and Elaine are
taking a direct route

along the coast to the
Thai border town of trat.

But with public
transport options limited,

taxis are a must.

$60. Best $60 I've
ever spent, I think.

We've made the choice.
We've just got to stick with it.

It's pretty nerve-racking
at this stage.

It'll be people that
haven't got the money

that will go the other way.

We only have $200
exactly to get to Singapore.

Cash-strapped darron
and Alex are taking a different route,

back to the Cambodian
capital of Phnom Penh.

I think we've made that decision

because we have
very little money.

There, they can take advantage

of cheap and frequent
public transport

to the Thai capital, Bangkok,

but it will add 200
miles to their journey.

Our strategy will
be save on accommodation

by traveling at night,

eat just before we
pass out and die,

and we always use
someone else's toilet paper.

Not used toilet paper.

I think if we did
it in four days,

we would be expecting
to come in first.

I suspect it's going to be
closer to five days, and...

Anybody's.

As two teams head
towards Thailand,

the others must wait
to leave the checkpoint.

Right now, us two,

Josh and Felix
are in last place.

- Yeah.
- It's anyone's game.

Tony and Elaine, they
were two days behind.

They've gone from last
place to first place twice.

I know.

With everyone this close
coming into this last leg,

there will be a
moment where we go,

"this is that roll of the dice,"

and we're going to leap
ahead of everyone else.

And it's possible.
Like, it's possible.

We want to win this race.

There's no second
chances any more.

This is it. It's the final.

This last leg needs to
just be just about the race.

The race.

We need to go at 12:30.

As soon as possible.

We can't sit here for two hours.

Two?

Ow!

Gearing up
for a six-hour bus journey

to Phnom Penh,
darron and Alex...

Oh, my god!

It's mainly me shoulders
what are burning.

- Looks painful.
- It's very painful.

Just be gentle, Alex, please.

My skin is on fire.

I feel like
we've done all this.

We can face most things now.

And you know when
locals are looking at you,

going, "that must hurt!"

They do, don't they?

- Phnom Penh?
- Yeah.

- Thank you.
- Next stop, Phnom Penh.

And then
from there, Bangkok.

Leaving Cambodia
with a beautiful smile!

Tony and Elaine are the first
team to cross into Thailand.

Drawing over 35
million visitors a year,

Thailand is celebrated
for its Buddhist history.

Once known as the kingdom
of siam, its capital, Bangkok,

is home to the world's
largest solid-gold Buddha.

At 3 meters high and 5 1/2 tons,

it has an estimated
value of $250 million.

We're in Thailand!

And it's the best border
crossing going ever!

Some of the borders
we've come over,

it's just, like, scary hairy.

This is...

Everybody's welcoming
you, and it's party time.

It feels good.

We're over the
border in 10 hours.

When do we go? How long?

Heading to the
Thai town of trat...

- Go now?
- Yeah.

- Oh, good! Thank you.
- 1,200... two people?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

They aim to catch an
onward connection to Bangkok.

You are joking me! Oh, god!

A yogurt split
all over his back.

Who put it in there?
What a bloody dipstick.

Who would put a yogurt in my
pocket and not tell me about it?

Well, where else
did you want me...

If we bring a yogurt in
the baking heat to eat...

Who put it in the
side of a rucksack?

Oh, geez.

160 miles behind...

Well, we're in Phnom
Penh again, dad.

Darron and Alex have arrived
in the Cambodian capital.

This bustling city is home
to over two million people.

It seems to be a
continuous rush hour.

It never seems to stop.

And at this time of year,
the population swells

even farther for the bon
om touk water festival,

marking an extraordinary
annual phenomenon,

when the monsoon rains
cause the tonle sap river

to reverse its flow.

Try and get
to Bangkok tonight?

Alex, I'll wait out here,
let you do the dealing.

- Hello.
- Hello.

Bus to Bangkok?

9:15, Bangkok?
- Okay.

$21 each possible? Please?

$42? Please? Please?
- No.

No!
- Please!

We can't afford $25 for
a ticket to Bangkok each.

We're planning on
$50 a day budget.

Even if it's a dollar
cheaper per person,

that's massive for us.

It means we can
have a... We can eat.

It's that significant.

Please?

- Okay.
- Thank you.

I hate begging, but I'm
doing anything that I can

to make it to Singapore.

I've got to do it.

Thank you. Thank...

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Oh, my gosh!

I'm so uncomfortable.

It's only for 12 hours.

Alex has got a
lot more life at the moment.

He's gained his focus.

And I'm hoping, until I recover,
his energy will drag me along.

It's a bit weird now.
We've swapped roles.

That used to be me... "wah!
Can't be bothered. I'm tired.

I'm stressed. Don't want
to carry on no more."

And now, I'm trying to tell
him he's got to get on with it.

Otherwise, we're
not going to make it.

Good luck.

Good night.

My sunburns hurt so much!

8:00 A.M.

Entering the final
leg of the race,

Natalie and shameema
and Josh and Felix.

Bye, island!
Getting to the finish line

is going to be a
massive achievement.

That's the main race for us.

$257.27.

How long is that going to last?

Felix and i's ability
to rely on each other,

even when the going
gets really tough,

our ability to take risks,

hopefully that will stand
us in really good stead.

Feel like I'm getting
really emotional!

It has been an
opportunity of a lifetime.

Winning, to me, is
not about the money.

Being able to spend all
that time with my sister.

Don't make me get
out the stolen toilet roll!

I like
to win everything.

On sports days,

I've won every mums'
race for the last 15 years.

Nobody wants to race me anymore.

It's okay, baby.

God!

We're absolutely
brass knuckles broke.

With money
worries of their own,

Josh and Felix head
in the same direction

as darron and Alex...

We're going to get
the 3:30 bus to Phnom Penh.

Opting for
cheap public transport

to get them to Thailand.

We know that it's probably
12 hours from there to Bangkok.

We don't really have the
funds to pay for accommodation.

It's always good
to be on the road.

Every road leads to
Singapore, apart from this one,

which goes in the
opposite direction.

- Natalie!
- Yeah?

- There's a taxi here now for $60!
- Let's go!

With their
healthier budget,

Natalie and shameema
can afford to travel in style.

We are
heading to the border.

We're starting off our
journey fast and in comfort...

Fast and furious!

Because we have
the money to do that.

As much as we like saving money,
we really enjoy spending money.

So, why not spend
it in the last leg?

When I started off, I
wanted to do this for my girls,

I wanted to do
it for my friends,

I wanted to do it for my family.

But now I feel like I'm
doing this for myself.

I want to do this for myself.

And for our team and for you.

Don't look at me.
Don't touch me!

As the last two teams
make their way out of Cambodia,

darron and Alex cross
the border into Thailand.

I feel a little cheerier today.

And with darron's
appetite returning...

How much, please?

They grab a budget breakfast.

- Ugh!
- Go on, just get it over with!

It's a locust.

It's not bad at all!

It don't taste too nice.

Cheap, high in protein.

The larvae are the worst bit.

They, like, got a gooey center.

You can finish them.
They're horrible.

Let's go catch a bus anyway.

- Ugh!
- Ugh!

Ohh!

Still 1,300
miles from Singapore...

$20, $40, $60, $80, $100, $125.

Ouch.

We are royally
screwed, aren't we?

Desperately in need of cash,

Alex searches the jobs
directory for local work.

This.

I'm not looking after dogs.

It's the best one.

I don't care. I'm not
looking after dogs.

I hate dogs.

Do we need money? Yes, we do.

What's your
favorite three words?

"Suck it up."

150 miles further into Thailand,

Tony and Elaine have
already reached the capital.

I wonder if there's
a Metro in Bangkok.

Well, this is it.

Well, this is overland,
not underground.

Bangkok, the most
visited city in the world.

Its grand palaces and temples

compete with a vibrant
nightlife and bustling street stalls.

We've been up since
4:00 discussing every route,

every possibility of timings.

You know, we're
going out of our way

to find the cheapest, quickest.

I don't think we've worked
as hard on any other leg

as we're working on this leg.

Right, hold my hand, Elaine.

Aiming to increase
their lead, the couple are booking

an overnight bus to
the coastal town of krabi.

No time for the
beach. We're in a race.

The fact that we can keep
moving is absolutely Bobby-dazzle.

Can you put these
on for me, please?

Oh, my god. You're 60, not 80.

That's it. We're on our
way to krabi overnight.

I thought we might have
a little pod to sleep in,

but we've just got
an upright seat,

but it's comfortable so far.

I'm so not
going to like this place.

Darron and
Alex have arrived for a shift

at a canine training school
on the outskirts of Bangkok.

I'm only here
because of the money.

Okay. All right.

With 300,000 stray
dogs on the streets of Bangkok,

the authorities have
been clamping down.

They're going to be
on the lead all the time?

And for owners
who can afford it,

a number of day-care
centers have sprung up.

Just to look at them scares me.

Look.

The center offers dog
training and walking services

for Bangkok's wealthy residents.

We've
been stuck on a ship

full of drunken,
quite violent sailors,

but this is way out
of my comfort zone.

We essentially need to do things
we're uncomfortable with doing

to make it to Singapore,
'cause otherwise,

I feel like we've got no chance.

I mean, look. I've got a
mad dog at the side of me.

Purely for the money.

For £45 and a
free night's bed and board...

Come on, pepper.

The boys will be
employed as dog walkers.

Pepper, sit.

I can't believe
we're getting paid for this.

It's literally just walking
a dog back and forth,

teaching it a couple of tricks.

Hey!

Dogs are not
my thing. We don't get on.

I don't particularly
like cats, either.

I don't feel comfortable
around them.

I don't like hamsters,
either, to be honest.

Hamsters can be quite mean.

But dogs are a little
more out and about.

Hamsters are easier to avoid.

I think he's doing
well. I'm proud of him.

Dad, you coping all right?

How are you feeling?

I've had better days.

Oh, god.

It just feels horrible.

You missed a bit.

While darron and
Alex get their hands dirty...

Natalie and shameema
are closing in on the leaders.

We're in Thailand!

Their decision to take
a taxi to the border

means they're just 250
miles behind Tony and Elaine.

The dream is an overnight
bus or train to Bangkok.

The dream is happening right
now because I am in Thailand.

Thai food in Thailand.

We're happy.

God, it gets bigger and bigger.

Too much choice.

Thailand
is... It just looks incredible.

Feel like there's so much to do.

But we really
want to come first.

It's about winning this leg

and just trying to
make a decision

that gets us from last
place to first place.

The other teams have
done that, so it's possible.

So we want it to
be possible for us.

Still in Cambodia...

Two people, $1. $1, come on.

Do me a favor. I've
had a really long day.

Go on. $1. Go on.

Josh and Felix
have made it to Phnom Penh.

Trying to keep pace
with the other teams,

the boys race to make an
overnight connection to Bangkok.

If we hotfoot it across
town, we might well be able

to book our passage to Bangkok.

- Is this the bus?
- Yeah, yeah, okay.

This one takes us there
to the border at 5:00 A.M.,

and then 1:00 P.M.,
we'll be in Bangkok.

So quite happy. Pretty
seamless transition.

Josh is a little bit nervous
about the sleeping conditions,

but I think it's
going to be great.

It's like
being in a coffin.

After one day
of racing, Josh and Felix

are the last team
to leave Cambodia,

while Natalie and shameema
are closing in on the Thai capital.

We are on a bus to Bangkok.

Long-term goal
achieved in one day.

Still stationary,
darron and Alex

are on the outskirts of Bangkok,

staying overnight
in the free room

provided by the
day's dog walking.

Ohh!

You're a totally
different person now.

Mainly more mature.

Generally speaking, I
think we've done pretty well.

I do.

We'll do what we can
to get to Singapore.

It's not over till
we've got $1 left.

I've got total faith in you.

Since the race
began 47 days ago...

We've got to be
at least jogging.

Darron and Alex have
gained more than just stamps

in their passports.

Alex and I
used to be really close.

Without a shadow of a
doubt, we have drifted apart.

What do you want to do?
- At first...

I don't want to sleep outside.

Things were far
from plain sailing.

You said don't want to do
that. What do you want to do?

Don't have a clue.

And, at times, they were
pushed almost to breaking point.

Am I allowed to bang his head
against the wall on camera?

But as the
race gained momentum...

Good morning, Vietnam!

Oh, no, shut up.

Their confidence
in each other grew.

Come on, dad. I'm
guessing it's around and up.

Let's do this.

We're doing it together,
and he's been there for me

more than what he
would have done before.

A hug?

Now just over 1,000
miles stands between them

and the £20,000 first prize.

7:00 A.M.

Tony and Elaine are
723 miles from Singapore

and are currently the
closest team to the finish line.

Oh, god almighty.

But 12,000 miles have come
at a cost for 61-year-old Tony.

After our coach
journey down here,

the last thing you want to
do is stretch down and twist

and try to put your shoes on.

And that is exactly what
I've done this morning.

He's aggravated
an old back injury.

Tony and Elaine's
race is at a standstill.

During this race, I think
age will be a challenge.

You know, it's a long, long way.

Getting out of bed on a morning,
you know, there's a few aches,

and things don't quite
work the way they used to.

I'm sure we would
have found it a lot easier

maybe 20, 30 years ago.

- Tony's back is bad.
- Are you sure?

We will spend the day
in the swimming pool,

see if we can get
Tony's back better.

What I'm trying to do here in
this very cold swimming pool...

The water's got no heating in...

And I hope that will take some
inflammation down on my back.

And I'd need four or
five hours in here today,

just moving it and
hopefully free it up.

Tony definitely
doesn't look in a good way.

I'm really concerned about him

because when it's like this,
it could just go at any time.

And at the moment, he's
moving, but once it goes for real,

he cannot move.

That's it. We're
out of the race.

Josh and Felix
have reached Bangkok.

Hey, man. We're trying
to get to khaosan road.

Tickets booked,
the boys head off

to explore a budget hot spot.

So, this is it. Khaosan road.

I've never seen so many
harem pants in one place.

Known as the center of
the backpacking universe,

the 400-meter-long street is
packed full of budget hotels,

cafés, bars, and restaurants,

filled with travelers from
every corner of the world.

Very much the
gap-year traveler mecca.

Josh and Felix are
used to life in each other's pockets.

We're the
perfect partnership.

I've spent probably
eight hours with him a day

for the last eight years.

But with their current
business, a music and arts venue,

coming to an end...

In four months'
time, unfortunately,

none of this will be here.

It'll be knocked down
and turned into luxury flats.

We've got two months
to decide what our future is.

Their next venture
together isn't clear.

I just really want
what we build next,

I want it to be,
like, long-term.

If you want security, then become
a teacher or a banker or something.

Why don't we just sit down
there and have a beer?

During the boys' trip...

This place looks way better.

There have been
bumps in the road.

You're such a
douchebag sometimes.

- Wow.
- What?

Why say that?

But with the end
of the race fast approaching,

what they'll do when they
get home is coming into focus.

Both of us are
feeling really creative

and feeling like we've
soaked up so much culture,

food, excitement, atmosphere
that we'll have the energy

which we needed to
start something afresh.

Traveling through these incredibly,
like, different and wonderful environments,

like, that's going to bring
some completely mad flavor

back to what we do.

I'm excited.

I'm hyped.

Whenever
we go away together,

there's moments of
absolute epiphany.

We want to start
a small restaurant

which we want to
be inspired by this trip

and some of the sights,
sounds, and flavors

of the street markets

and the drama of food
preparation that we've seen.

There's been loads of
moments of inspiration.

How can you not be inspired

by walking through
the backstreets of xi'an

or wandering on deck at
midnight on a ship in the caspian?

I feel so inspired, and
I've seen people all over the world

who work really, really,
really hard just to get by.

One of the things that this
journey has really reminded me

is that there is
magic out there.

You just have to look up
from your smartphone to see it.

Train information desk.

Across the city
at Bangkok train station...

Which way's the
quickest to Malaysia?

Natalie and
shameema hatch a plan

to overtake their rivals.

Right. Get a train
from here to surat thani.

Then you're eight hours
away from the border.

They've secured a
cheap ticket for a fast train

down the east coast of
Thailand to surat thani.

Josh and Felix are boarding
an overnight bus to krabi,

following the same
route as darron and Alex,

who departed
only an hour earlier.

All three teams are eating
into Tony and Elaine's lead,

as they've been unable
to move since this morning.

An afternoon in the pool
seems to have worked wonders

on Tony's bad back.

He's keen not to stiffen up
and decides to self-medicate.

Free shots.

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

Tony's mc-ing.

Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

I've never downed
a shot in my life.

However, I'm drinking
this bottle of vodka.

Cheers.

Mmm!

What this race has taught me
is, actually, I need to explore

and visit places
and be on the move

and see things
before it's too late.

Because that is what
makes me really happy.

This beer pong game
is really complicated.

It's a really good
drinking game.

Oh, my!

I just gave
my last drink to Tony

because I've got
to get up at 5:00,

got to be out of here by 6:00,
and it ain't going to happen

if I have too many
of those vodka things.

I'm going to be very
sensible because I'm in a race.

How are you going to feel,
as it's coming to being all over?

Yeah, it'll be difficult, 'cause
it's become a way of life.

Quite an appealing way of life.

I know. That's what
I'm here thinking,

and I've got really mixed
emotions about it all.

I know. I'm not sure I'm
ready to go back to life.

I think I want to carry on.

As dawn breaks, Natalie
and shameema's overnight train

has arrived in surat thani.

We can check
out the train station now,

and then later, we
can check the buses.

Known in Thai
as "the city of good people,"

it's the main jumping-off
point for travelers

heading to some of
Thailand's more famous islands.

The town also has
great transport links

to the Malaysian border.

So we've just got
to surat thani after...

I think it's been 13
hours on the train.

Has it been 13 hours?
- Yeah.

I didn't sleep at all.

Before we make
ourselves exhausted,

we need to rest so we
can get back on the road.

So it's nice to able to
spend a bit of time here.

The girls head to
the tranquillity of a local temple.

When you're doing a journey
like this, you can't help but reflect

on your day or your life.

About six years ago now,

I got hit by a car
on the way to work.

And I nearly died.

So that's why I
decided to go away.

Traveling has meant to
me that I have been able to

just appreciate the world
and appreciate people.

Could I hug you?
- Okay!

And I can just look at
this amazing thing we've done,

all the different
parts of this journey

where we've made connections
with people, had amazing times.

Do you have any Euros?

We've got the
tickets to thessaloniki

Where's your shoes?

Do you want this?

And we can just pocket that,
and when I'm feeling down,

there will be my flashes of,

"Natalie, you're quite badass."

95 miles
west... Krabi bus station.

Darron and Alex
have just arrived

on the overnight
bus from Bangkok.

They were sat there.

They're obviously now going
to be buying onward tickets.

Tony!

Just get in. What are
you doing stuck out there?

Do you like all this
cloak-and-dagger stuff?

40-odd years of marriage,

and I didn't realize
you were so sneaky.

Everyone has the potential.

She should be in the mi5.

Through the bushes.

Behind a Van.

And now she's hiding
behind a blue bus.

Despite
her covert mission,

Elaine is spotted by Alex.

- Look who there is.
- Hello!

- How are you?
- I'm all right. You?

Good to see you.

- Hello.
- How are you?

Did you go through Phnom Penh?

Or did you go the coastal way?

We went through Phnom Penh.

You went through
Phnom Penh? Wow.

How long you been here?

At this stage in the game...

Okay.

Next time, I won't
tell you anything.

Well, I've heard him
telling him a load of things

that we haven't done,
so I'd rather not lie.

You've just told him stuff.
- Yeah.

Which are a load of lies.

You can't kid a
kidder, as they say.

She just said
they're a load of lies.

We're tactical now.

Yeah.

Hey-up, this is coming in here.

Well, good luck.

See you later.

Tony and
Elaine board their coach

to the border town of hat yai.

Alex was so disappointed
when I wouldn't tell him

our route and stuff like that,

and I just felt really bad.

It's horrible. It's not right.

With the
finishing line in sight,

the pressure of the
competition is hitting Alex hard.

"Oh, we can't say anything.
Oh, we're keeping quiet.

I don't want to lie."

Well, they haven't been like
that before, so they've changed.

It's ridiculous.

Alex.

Just leave me alone.

Let's go and enjoy the beach.

With three hours to spare
before their coach to hat yai departs,

darron takes Alex
for some time-out.

It's a pretty cool place to
spend some time, isn't it?

Yeah.

I'd love to visit
all the islands.

Not all of them
but some of them.

So would I.

You never know.

Might be back here next year.
- Maybe.

Jumping on a boat, exploring
these islands together.

I'd love to.

You never know, do you?

I am really, really proud
of what you've achieved.

- Thank you.
- You've done some amazing things.

Proud of what we've
achieved together.

Yeah, but there's been
times when I've struggled

or there's been
times when you've

just upped your game big time,

and I'm really proud
of you for doing that.

I probably don't
tell you enough,

but you know I love you to bits.

I love you, too.

Can't believe it's
coming to an end.

I know. It's going
to be sad, isn't it?

It is quite sad.

And then when we go back, it's
going to feel really, really weird.

It is.

I won't know what
to do with myself.

I will be gutted if
we don't come first.

I want my hug, even if we don't.

Is there anything near you?
- Sorry.

Oh, I'm as bad
now. It were a leaf.

- Try and keep dry.
- I know. I'm sorry.

I freaked out.

It must be a carnivorous leaf.

It's coming for you now, Alex.

Don't. I've got my
passport and that in it.

Right.

Let's get on with the race.

A third
team arrive in krabi.

Budget is not so much
dripping away as pouring away.

Got about $118 to get
from krabi to Singapore,

which is about $18 for food,

accommodation for
the next three days.

Josh and Felix
are running on empty.

"Night of discomfort,
dawn of happiness."

Lack of food and money

means they'll need to
work to reach Singapore.

Through the jobs
directory, they've secured

some manual labor
at a beach-side hostel.

Yes, please.

In the heat of the midday sun,

their job... re-level the
floor of the beach bar

in exchange for free food.

Very hard to carry.

You're looking thinner than
you were before you set off.

Yeah, I haven't eaten
for about four days, mate.

Neither have you.

It's good to be able
to earn our keep.

This is digging for victory.

Now we're going
to have some food.

This is the best thing
to happen to me in days.

Mmm! Mmm!

Shift over, stomachs filled,
and batteries recharged,

Josh and Felix get
back to the race.

Oh, why are we leaving?

With their noses back
in front, 180 miles away,

Tony and Elaine have made it
to the border town of hat yai...

A major jumping-off
point for travelers

heading to and from Malaysia.

Singapore.

They're aiming for
a direct connection

to the finish line
550 miles away.

- No, today.
- Today.

Yeah. Two persons.

With only
limited buses each day,

tickets sell out fast.

- 6:00.
- 6:00.

That's good.
That's good. Perfect.

That's nice.

Oh, that is such a relief.

I thought there'd be no tickets.

They've managed
to get the only remaining tickets

on the last direct
bus to Singapore.

Utterly beside myself getting
on the last, last big transport

we're going to ever
get on to finish this race.

How good is that?

Here we go to the border.

When we started the
race, we didn't have much hope

of finishing in too
high a position.

And now we have a really good
chance of doing ourselves proud

and anybody over
60 proud, you know,

because we are in with a
shout of actually winning it.

Over here. Quickly.

But hot on their
heels, it's darron and Alex.

Learning there's no
direct bus to Singapore,

they have to settle for
the next quickest option...

A fast bus via the
Malaysian capital...

To Kuala Lumpur tonight.

- Now, now.
- Now? Sets off now?

- Leaving right away.
- How much?

We really, really
need this connection.

Hopefully, we've got something

and we've got enough money.

- 600.
- 600 baht.

For two tickets?

For two tickets, how
much more do I need?

50?

We have 520.

And 20.
- I've got them.

Thank you.

We got our connection.

Wow, that was intense.

We knew it we were going to be.

Can't believe we
made that connection.

Good call about grabbing
the bags and I running in.

- Yep.
- That's a game changer.

Front-runners darron
and Alex and Tony and Elaine

are racing the
length of Malaysia.

Further north, Josh and Felix...
- Kuala Lumpur.

And Natalie
and shameema are trying

to make their connections.

We want to go to Kuala Lumpur.

Yes, please.

Ugh! Yeah.
- That's it? That's the last train?

Stranded in
hat yai, the two teams

have fallen even further
behind the race leaders,

who are fast approaching
Kuala Lumpur,

the last capital
before the finish line.

200 miles from Singapore

and a significant bump in
the road for Tony and Elaine.

Oh, you are joking.

The bus has broken down.

My back's worse.

This is just exactly
what I feared, really.

The Malaysian
capital of Kuala Lumpur,

220 miles from the finish line.

To Singapore beach
road. Two tickets.

- Please.
- Please.

Passport.

Darron and Alex are
booking their final connection.

We've got the tickets.

We've now got to change coaches.

Yeah. Great.

Is it this one?
- Yeah.

Whatever lead we
had has now been lost.

They'll be going faster. They
won't be having as many stops.

We haven't got that speed.

Of course we have.

We don't, really, not
with you as you are, Tony.

Singapore... The
furthest point from London

accessible by road and rail.

It normally costs between
£800 to £1,500 to fly here,

but, without taking
a single flight,

the first of our teams
who have traveled

over 12,000 miles in 50 days

are just arriving on
the outskirts of the city.

The £20,000 prize
awaits the winning team.

Taxi to Singapore.

- Where are you going to, please?
- Just to the center.

Lying one
degree north of the equator,

the island city
state of Singapore.

5.6 million residents

are squeezed into this
former British colony

made up of just
278 square miles,

half the size of London.

In 1819, sir Stanford raffles
founded colonial Singapore

as a trading post of the
British east India company,

and it has developed
into a hub for finance,

technology, and innovation.

If you see an old man and a
young boy carrying rucksacks,

just mow them down for us.

Yeah, they're our rivals.

Today, Singapore is
generally considered to be

the most expensive
city in the world.

This is it, dad. Singapore.
This is the moment.

- Final destination.
- Oh, I'm excited!

Ahh!

Final checkpoint. Let's do this.

- Alex, keep focused.
- Let's do it.

Go, go, go.

We're racing
close to the checkpoint,

but we've still got to
be aware of money.

We don't know what
else is going to happen.

We may not even have
enough to get us there.

Could be in that taxi in front.
Just don't know any more.

At the mouth
of the Singapore river

stands the country's
national symbol,

the merlion statue...

Thank you so much.

A mythical sea creature

made up of a lion's
head and a fish's body.

Here it is.
Amer-lion, literally.

Right, let's have a
look. What's it say?

Tony and Elaine receive
details of their final destination

on their GPS tracker.

"Proceed on foot
over the jubilee bridge."

"Past the grandstand,"
which is over there.

"To the checkpoint at the
Marina bay sands tower one."

And could that be where
that boat is, on top of that?

That would be awesome.

The Marina bay sands
hotel is the final checkpoint.

Built in 2010, it boasts
three hotel towers,

2,500 rooms,

and, today, a £20,000
prize awaits the winners.

Don't you do your back
in! We said we'd go steady.

We said we'd go steady.

Don't go too fast, Alex.
You burn out, then.

I know, but... It's tough.

Oh they're
there. Look at the lion.

- Can you see them?
- Yeah, I can see them.

Shift your butt. Come on.
- Are you sure?

- I think it's them.
- Oh, Tony!

Yeah, they're on the
bridge. Just keep moving.

- I'm moving! I'm moving!
- We don't have time to stop.

I'm digging deep for
the finish line... Right now.

Catch my breath.
- Come on, Alex.

Keep the pace up.

It's right there...

In touching distance.

Tony, check-in's here.

Hello, there. This is for us?

Yes.

- The finishing line...
- It's at the mast on the observation deck.

Where's the observation deck?

The finish line
and the £20,000 prize

is now only a lift ride away.

But there is one final hurdle...
Entrance to the observation deck

costs 23 Singapore dollars each.

Observation deck.

Just two.

Please.

U.S. dollar?

But we only have U.S. dollar.

Oh, no.

You're kidding me.

I told you.

Where?

Watch them come
down as we go up.

Oh, just shut up, Tony. Just
get the bloody money changed.

Alex, it says this way.

Hotel here.

Oh, my
god, they're there.

No, they're not.

I bet they're bloody sitting
up there, having a beer.

Having a beer.

Two, please.

Thank you. Oh, we've got change.

- Darron and Alex are going to be there.
- Yeah.

- And if they're there...
- We've just got to congratulate them.

Well done.

Absolutely fantastic.
- You know what I mean?

We've come all
this way. 50 days.

Blood, sweat, tears.

20k could be up there right now.

Let's just get there, Alex.

The Marina bay
sands observation deck

soars 57 levels above
the heart of Singapore,

boasting spectacular
views of the entire city.

There it is, the famous book.

Oh, the
book!

- Are you ready?
- Do it. We'll do it together.

- Are you ready?
- Oh, Jesus.

Oh, my!

Oh, my god! We did it!

Yes! Yes!

Oh! Well done!

We've done something...
- I know.

- Oh!
- I knew it, I knew it. Fair play to them.

Whee-ha!

It's surreal, isn't
it? It's surreal.

It's like Leicester
winning the premiership.

I'm feeling ecstatic.

- Totally elated.
- Yeah.

We're the oldest team
in the competition by far.

- First place.
- Down in one?

And the pensioners...
We are o.A.P.S.

We've beaten all
these youngsters.

How that has happened,
I'm not quite sure.

Oh, that's nice.

Mmm!

Mmm.

Well done,
Tony and Elaine.

Actually doing this experience
and doing this journey,

I've seen a lot,
I've done a lot.

I've learned a lot about
my dad along the way,

and that's the
main thing, really.

And the fact that we did it,
we did London to Singapore,

I'm happy.

Look where we are.

We made it after 50 days.

We've had a
fantastic time together.

We've bonded more than
either of us really expected.

Definitely.

Ultimately, it were a success.

What we've seen and what we've
done along the way is priceless.

Before this journey,

we were estranged
father and son, really.

Now we are father and son,
and we will always be that,

but I think now we
are friends, as well.

Do I get my hug?

Oh, finally.

Well done.

What an amazing
journey it's been.

What a phenomenal
time we've had together.

I wouldn't change it at all.

Look who's here.

- Hey!
- Congratulations.

- Well done.
- Proud of you, my boy.

Proud of you.

Look at us all, all
Yorkshire folks here.

Looking stronger.

I said all along, you'd
be my favorite second.

It's just we happened
to be second.

And now you're
myfavorite second.

When Tony opened the book
and it was blank, I was like...

"yes! The oldies did it!"

When a yorkshireman's
got a chance to win money...

I know! I'll tell you what.

He'll do anything, won't he?

You beat us.
- Yeah.

Well done. I'm happy for you.

We've done London to Singapore.

- Yes.
- Look at that accomplishment.

- Look at it. Look at it. What an incredible city.
- It's beautiful.

It's amazing.

- One hell of a race.
- Exactly.

- One hell of a race.
- It is good.

After 51 days,
the end is also in sight

for the two remaining teams.

Tower one, tower one.

Still unaware of
their place in the race,

next to reach the observation
deck... Natalie and shameema.

56?

We made it! We made it!

Natalie, we're not last.

And we made it
before Josh and Felix.

It's all good. It's all good.

It's over.

Can't stop thinking
about my children.

They will just be so amazed.

They thought we wouldn't
make it out of London.

I can't wait to see them.

I've always wanted to be,
like, a role model to them,

to show that there's
nothing they can't do.

And I know that that's what
they're going to take away from this,

that their mum was able to
come from London to Singapore

without a single flight,
with $60 left in her pocket.

We made it before
Josh and Felix at least.

Oh, my god.
Let's go and get a drink.

Thank you.

How much is one
ticket? We've only got 6.

- No.
- We have 6.

And $20 U.S. we can give you $20 U.S.
- and we have $20 U.S.

- Find it?
- We've come all this way,

and I haven't asked
anyone for a dollar.

So I'm not going to start now.

But for Josh
and Felix, the finishing line

looks like it's
just out of reach.

We slogged our guts out.

Think about what a
wonderful achievement it was

to spend seven weeks traveling
halfway across the world,

seeing the land change
and the people change.

Like, how... what
a privilege it was.

We worked really, really,
really hard to get to this point,

to get to Singapore,
and it just feels

a little bit galling to
get all the way here,

to the foot of the checkpoint,

and be denied access.

But help from above...

What are they doing?

Might be at hand.

Our strategy
through the race

was to rely on the
kindness of strangers.

How are you guys doing?
- Very good.

Every step that we took, so
many people have helped us.

Why didn't you pay
to come up the lift?

We only have $23.

- You've only got $23?
- Yeah.

We actually got to
Singapore with $140.

Golly.

So now I'm thinking it's
really important to finish it.

Yep. Thank you so much.

No, it's not about a thank you.
Like, it's important to finish it.

We all have to,
everyone who's been through

the 51 days of this journey,

has to go in and
has to sign that book,

because nobody else knows it.
- And have that moment.

Yeah, have that moment.
- Definitely.

- I don't know why we're shaking hands!
- Group hug!

We both believe what
we put out is what you'll get back.

Sweaty group hug!

Cool. All right,
come on, let's all go.

Thanks, guys.

- All right. There's your book.
- Sweet.

All right. Thanks, girls.

Couldn't have
done it without you.

Okay.

Tony and Elaine won!

Aw, well done, Tony and Elaine.

Yes! I'm so happy.

Aw, mate... Well done.

Just need a beer.

Somebody's
got to cross the line first

in a race like this,

but I think it's a win-win
situation for everybody.

The race we've been on
really has changed our lives.

We're about to cross the world.

Yah!

Come on.

Woman possessed
in a bus station!

We've never experienced
anything like this.

We have seen places we
would never, ever have visited.

It whets your appetite.
- Yeah, it's changed us.

Being married 40
years has seen us through

some difficult moments.
- Yeah.

- A crazy, wacky, whoopy place.
- I want to help you.

Bye!

For the next five years,
whilst we're still able,

go and do a bit more.

We could get used to this.

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