Overview
- BBC’s endurance series is back with five teams racing from Palermo, Sicily, to Hatgal, Mongolia under a £26-per-person daily budget with no phones or bank cards for a £20,000 prize.
- In-laws Mark and Margo are competing together after what Margo described on social media as 40 years of not really getting on.
- The pair say the race continues the partnership they formed while caring for Julia, with Mark recalling her wish that they remain friends.
- Margo told the BBC she was mugged at knifepoint on a solo trip to Costa Rica, a past scare that underscores her appetite for risk on big adventures.
- Viewers have posted supportive messages and say they are especially interested in the duo’s evolving dynamic as episodes air on BBC One and stream on iPlayer.