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Spanning more than 21,000 kilometres
across the vast nation of China...

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..legend says the Great Wall
was built along a path

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carved by a mighty dragon.

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Over mountains and through deserts,

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this fortification
of brick, stone, earth and mortar

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for more than 2,000 years.

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And today, just north of Beijing,

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overlooking the village of
Huanghuacheng,

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is where our race begins.

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So many people up already,
like, actually working.

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Look at them.

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Set for an imminent departure,
teenage couple Fin and Sioned.

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Wow.

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That is the Great Wall of China, no?
Yeah.

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Oh-ho-ho-ho!

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Stunning.

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We've been together
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Experiencing the world is just
top of our list, isn't it? Yeah.

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Being from a small town in Wales,

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we think it's a good challenge
for us.

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We're still so young.
We've not experienced a lot.

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so it would be nice to see

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how much we can rely
on each other... Yeah.

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..how much we can stand each other.

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You're going to have to
help me down.

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No, don't!

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SHE LAUGHS

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We always bicker.

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I might be a bit poody.

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INTERVIEWER: Er, poody?
Pood.

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Oh, do you not say poody?

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You don't know...poody?

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Everyone in Wales knows poody.

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It's like a tantrum.

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Are we going the right way?

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Yeah, look, this is the right way.

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Oof! That is stunning.

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Wow!

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I'm a very homey person. Leaving
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Oh, I'm going to cry.

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Up here, right there?

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This is so stupid.

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I think it's up here.

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Hi.
BOTH: Neither.

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Ni hao.

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cash and bank cards.

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Sure.

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Without smartphones,
the teams must survive

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with only essential race kit -

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money belts,
safety trackers and a map.

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And here. Oh, thank you.

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And, in China, red means good luck.
Oh!

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So good luck on your race.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

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The last time we've been away
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I don't know. It must...

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It must have been the '70s.

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Also ready to race...

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What does this remind you of?
What, this river?

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Yeah. Is...

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..retired financial adviser Brian

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and his brother,
driving instructor Melvyn.

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I'm the younger,
the better-looking one.

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I was going to say the same thing.

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one. How does that work?

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If you look at the hills,
that is exactly how you see China.

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Yeah, maybe. The little hills,
the mountains. Yeah.

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I'm lucky enough to have gone
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stayed in nice places,
and travelled well.

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You'd have gone on business class,
wouldn't you?

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If we'd have been on our own,
you'd have gone business class.

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Probably, this far.

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MELVYN LAUGHS

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and he definitely wastes money.

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And I'm not talking about
a couple of quid.

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I think he lost an awful
lot of money on the last car.

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I can't believe you didn't take my
offer of a bloody personal trainer.

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to pay for you as well, didn't I?

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Can you make it? We're here now.
We're here, we're here.

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The longest time
we've ever spent together as adults

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is two, three days.

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Eight, nine weeks with you, Melv -
whoa.

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We'll see.

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Thanks very much. Thank you.

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See you.
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I think... We're off.
..we're on our way.

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Well, I'll tell you what, let's go
and get a cup of tea or summat.

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Who would have thought,
after 31 years,

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On the Great Wall of China?
On the Great Wall of China.

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What, out of breath and old?

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HE LAUGHS

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Next to ascend the Great Wall,

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Yin and Gaz.

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When I first met Gaz,

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really cheesy,

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but I remember he turned around
and it felt like

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a bit of a, like,
a slow-motion movie.

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And I just thought, "Wow."

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We did fall in love pretty quick
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Oh, my God. We're high, aren't we?
Just a little bit.

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When we had the takeaway business,
we worked together 24-7.

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We were a really,
really good team together.

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Remember that picture
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We had the Great Wall of China.
Yeah.

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Well, we're here now, aren't we?
Now we're here, exactly.

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Cos we've known each other
for just under 40 years,

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our strengths.

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Ah-ha! Ah!

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You can't just discount
the 40 years of ups and downs.

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And here is the map. Thank you.

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I think, like, moving on in to Race,

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that's why I'm not
so fearful or scared,

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because I know that that will
come out in both of us.

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Bye-bye.
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Zaijian. Zaijian.
Zaijian. Zaijian.

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Bye-bye.

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Nice that we're coming by boat.

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I didn't even know you could get
to the Great Wall of China by boat.

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Floating towards
the starting line...

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Oh, it looks like we're arriving.

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..Elizabeth
and younger sister Letitia.

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I think we're going to have
an advantage,

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in different parts of the world.

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We just come together and
it's like a...a mighty force of...

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We're like this.
..well-travelled people!

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THEY LAUGH

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Maybe they'll be seeing us
from space.

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while struggling with our backpacks,

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like "Argh!"

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THEY LAUGH

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We've never actually
really travelled together. No.

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Hello. Ni hao. Ni hao.

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I've got peo...good people skills.

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OK, yeah, yeah, you do. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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SHE SCOFFS

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THEY LAUGH

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This one. You can take that.
Thank you.

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Which is actually
a skill in itself anyway.

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Right, so I'll be in charge
of this, then.

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I'll also be in charge
of that as well.

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What, the map?!
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Yeah, that's my role. Yeah.

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Apparently the wall
goes under this water.

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Last to arrive...

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So was it flooded afterwards?
It must have been.

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I'm Caroline,

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and proud to be doing the race

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with Thomas, my only son.

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Thank you for doing this with me.
It's OK. Thank you.

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The fact that we get to do it
together is pretty good,

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so we'll be all right.
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I don't actually work, although
I do feel I work very hard at home.

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I'm always cleaning up, I'm always
shopping, preparing meals,

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cooking, looking after the animals -
just being a housewife.

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Thomas.

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It's a shame, really,
because then you find you're old

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and haven't really done as much
as maybe you would have liked.

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You OK? Sorry, no, wait for me.

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Go on, you've got it.
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And I feel there's still
life out there,

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and I...I'd like to grab
that opportunity, really.

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Look at it.

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Oh, my God!

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This is one of
the wonders of the world.

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you've done a few already.

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I've seen the Colosseum,
Machu Picchu.

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I think that's it, actually.
Gosh!

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This is my first.

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I've done nearly ten months
of travelling in total now,

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basically.

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Hello. Hello!

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I feel like I might know
a tiny bit more than Mum,

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which is quite nice, actually,
for the first time,

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cos everyone always says
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but this time maybe
it's sons are always right.

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You never know.

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Good luck. Lovely.
Thank you very much. Thank you.

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Ah, are you ready? I am, I am.
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Teams equipped
with all the essentials...

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Oh! That's better.

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..it's time to find out
where the race will lead them.

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Ooh!

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Final destination is Kanniyakumari.

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Where is that?

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I don't think it is in China. No.

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This is impossible, man.

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That's it! Yes!
The bottom of India. No way!

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Oh, my gosh! Look!

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The finish line...

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..Kanniyakumari.

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A journey of over 14,000 kilometres
to the southernmost tip of India.

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Awaiting the first team to cross
the line, a prize of £20,000.

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Let's go.

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To get there, the teams must
pass through seven checkpoints.

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learn the destination of the next.

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Oh, wow, look!

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They'll need to cross
the vast ranging landscapes

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of three of Asia's
ancient civilizations -

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China...

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My little village
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..Nepal...

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Very lively place, isn't it?

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..and India.

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SHE GASPS

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It looks like a picture.

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Come on! Oh, my God!

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You definitely would not
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And they have to do it all
for the lowest budget yet...

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Oh!

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Let's look at the money.

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..the equivalent cost of flying the
route - just over £1,000 per person.

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That's not a lot.

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SHE LAUGHS

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That's not going to buy
the accommodation, is it?

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It wouldn't buy
your normal accommodation,

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but it'll buy us what we want here.

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In the shadow of the Great Wall,

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across China,

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teams gather at the start line.

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It's getting a bit real now,
isn't it?

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It is, I know. I think the nerves
are kicking in.

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It's the first opportunity
to meet their rivals.

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I'm like, "Oh."

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There they are.

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THEY LAUGH

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They look scared.

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Hiya. You all right? Hello.

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Ah! Oh! Hello.

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Everyone's younger. I know!

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Hi, nice to meet you. Hug. Aw...

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Oh, goodness me!

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HE LAUGHS

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Hello.
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I'm Brian. Hiya.

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How do you two know each other?

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We're brothers. Believe it or not,
yeah, we are.

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THEY LAUGH

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That is DAM impressive.

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Hello. Hi there. All right?
I'm Tom, nice to meet you. Hi!

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Has everybody found
the final destination?

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Japan, isn't it?

256
00:10:34,880 --> 00:10:36,960
THEY LAUGH

257
00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,120
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it's going to be really difficult.

258
00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,720
I have a point to prove.

259
00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:53,120
People underestimate Mum, and I
think that's one of our superpowers.

260
00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,760
This is going to be
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261
00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,200
Something we've never,
ever done before.

262
00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,080
I'm always looking to push myself.

263
00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,000
We are definitely
going to work hard.

264
00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,120
The smells, the noise,
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265
00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,840
It's a race.

266
00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,840
THEY LAUGH

267
00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,800
We need to be on the ball.

268
00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,640
We both have different...
Strengths and weaknesses.

269
00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:12,080
..different strengths
and weaknesses.

270
00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,600
I wouldn't want to do it
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271
00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:16,560
He's probably more resilient
than anyone else I even know.

272
00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,640
It's about the challenge,
it's about the excitement.

273
00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,280
And the way you do it. Holding our
head up high at the end of it.

274
00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:27,440
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play to win.

275
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,120
STARTS PISTOL FIRES

276
00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,800
THEY LAUGH

277
00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,080
They'll be dead by the time
they get there.

278
00:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,320
HE LAUGHS

279
00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:44,760
Oh, my God, there's so many stairs.

280
00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:46,640
Yeah, look at that - sprinting.

281
00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:47,960
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282
00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:50,360
We are not going to fall.

283
00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:52,200
Come on, Mum. Come on, Mum.

284
00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,400
Be careful on this bit.

285
00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,400
Right, where we going?

286
00:11:58,400 --> 00:11:59,880
"Huan-gling."

287
00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:04,720
2,000 kilometres to the south,
the first checkpoint.

288
00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:12,000
Clinging to the slopes of the
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289
00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,240
Huangling village.

290
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:18,360
Famed for conserving
its Hui-style dwellings,

291
00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,800
and its colourful custom
of drying chillies on rooftops.

292
00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,640
First thing we need to do
is find our way out of here.

293
00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,200
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surrounded by mountains.

294
00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:29,800
Where was it? Beijing. Yeah.

295
00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:32,960
There it is. The railway line's
going all the way.

296
00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,520
We both agree it's Beijing to start,
don't we, mate?

297
00:12:35,520 --> 00:12:38,400
All routes from there are open.

298
00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,920
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299
00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,600
teams will have to navigate
the first 100 kilometres

300
00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:46,240
through sprawling suburbs
to the heart of Beijing.

301
00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:51,720
From there, high-speed trains
connect the whole of China.

302
00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:56,880
Escaping the capital tonight
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303
00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,600
Do you know English?

304
00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,720
Beijing bus? To Beijing?

305
00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,160
No, she doesn't understand.

306
00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,440
It's OK.
Anyway, thank you. Thank you.

307
00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,240
Hello, hello. Hi, hi.

308
00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:08,680
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309
00:13:08,680 --> 00:13:11,760
Does anybody speak English?
Do you speak English?

310
00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,560
They don't understand.
Let's move on. No?

311
00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,480
Wow, there really is a language
barrier, isn't there? I know.

312
00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,760
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from the Great Wall...

313
00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:21,360
Woo! Well, we made it.

314
00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:25,000
..travel-savvy sisters
Elizabeth and Letitia.

315
00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:28,040
I think we should ask
for the main Beijing station.

316
00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,320
The fact that we've been exposed
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317
00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:35,640
..we're definitely going to be
a bit more comfortable

318
00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:37,760
in these kind of settings. Yeah.

319
00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,000
Zhan means station.

320
00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:41,600
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321
00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,320
I lived in China for six months.

322
00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,120
I did start learning Mandarin.

323
00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,960
Yeah, I should probably pluck up
the courage to ask somebody.

324
00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:53,320
Yeah, you've got this.

325
00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:18,480
OK.

326
00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,640
<font color="
We need to get off here. OK.

327
00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:29,000
She gave us directions to go down
that way to get another connection.

328
00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,480
To get the subway.

329
00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,800
As the sisters put their faith
in a local tip-off,

330
00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,520
<font color="

331
00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,320
Thomas,
have you worked out where we are?

332
00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,120
We're looking for Hairo Wanzhou.

333
00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,600
..Tom is figuring it out for himself
and mother Caroline.

334
00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,680
I'm just kind of taking the lead
for a little bit.

335
00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:47,800
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in your own ability, don't you?

336
00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,520
You're really good like that.

337
00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,000
If we manage to get on a night bus
tonight from Beijing to somewhere,

338
00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,120
or a night train,
that feeling will be so good.

339
00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:57,760
So I think that's the plan for now.

340
00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,240
<font color="
how it goes.

341
00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:02,880
Thomas, this is it!
This is the next stop.

342
00:15:02,880 --> 00:15:04,480
Huai Rou Shidong. You have a look.

343
00:15:04,480 --> 00:15:06,960
Huai...Rou...Shi...Chang.

344
00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:09,040
Wrong. Is that it? No, wrong.

345
00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:10,520
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346
00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,400
Huai Rou Wuzhong.
There you go.

347
00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:14,720
Is...is that Hairo Wuzhong?
Isn't that good enough?

348
00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,440
No, it's not. Sorry.
LAUGHING: OK.

349
00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,400
No, not quite, nearly. OK.

350
00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,880
<font color="
the way out of here.

351
00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,480
I want to feel like I'm getting
out of this little village

352
00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:27,720
in the middle of nowhere.

353
00:15:27,720 --> 00:15:29,400
Still struggling to get going,

354
00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,280
first-time travellers
Fin and Sioned.

355
00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:36,200
Do we sit down?
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356
00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:38,640
Right, put that...
Put the map down for a sec.

357
00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:41,800
Once I've got a plan, I'm happy.
Mm.

358
00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,320
She's a control freak.

359
00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,680
She's already planned the wedding.
I've no say in it at all.

360
00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:48,960
Yes, you do. Don't be silly.

361
00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:50,760
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362
00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:52,160
Right, well... Where is...?

363
00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,480
Straight away,
I think Shanghai's better.

364
00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,080
To reach the first checkpoint,

365
00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,400
teams must traverse eastern China.

366
00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,000
Home to some of the country's
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367
00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,200
it's also the birthplace
of profound philosophy,

368
00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,640
and some transformative inventions -

369
00:16:08,640 --> 00:16:10,560
silk, porcelain,

370
00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:12,160
and the compass.

371
00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,440
From Beijing, teams could
travel along the Yellow Sea coast,

372
00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,720
<font color="
high-speed rail network.

373
00:16:21,720 --> 00:16:26,440
The route's show stopper -
the glittering metropolis, Shanghai.

374
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,200
The more adventurous
could veer inland,

375
00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,200
steeped in tradition and history,

376
00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:37,160
less direct but with the advantage
<font color="

377
00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,640
I do feel like sticking with
the city gives you peace of mind.

378
00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,720
Oh! There are bullet trains
from Qingdao to Shanghai.

379
00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,800
Right, check where Qingdao is.
Come on.

380
00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:50,640
Cos, once we're in Shanghai, I feel
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381
00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:53,320
Sioned's plan - play it safe

382
00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,160
and city-hop down the coast
via Shanghai.

383
00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,240
That's not cheap.

384
00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:01,720
Right. I'd like not
to just splurge on the first leg.

385
00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:04,800
I feel like this is the leg
<font color="

386
00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:06,920
And now we've sat down
and we have planned, like,

387
00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,040
we've got a bit of an...

388
00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,599
..inkling of
what we're going to do, I guess.

389
00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:13,359
Let's go and find a bus stop.

390
00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,440
THUNDER RUMBLES

391
00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,440
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392
00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:17,720
45 kilometres ahead...

393
00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,520
We're practically walking
back to the Great Wall of China.

394
00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,640
..but still 60 kilometres
from the centre of Beijing,

395
00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,960
Yin and Gaz have reached
the suburb of Huairou

396
00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:29,280
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397
00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,720
We've got off the bus
and, if I'm brutally honest,

398
00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:33,400
I think we've gone completely wrong.

399
00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,280
So, I don't know where...
where we are.

400
00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:37,960
Er, we're certainly
not in the centre of Beijing.

401
00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,720
<font color="
would take us to the terminal,

402
00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:42,160
but, er, obviously not.

403
00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:44,480
Everyone just jumped off.

404
00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,040
We're looking for bus station
or train station.

405
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,000
There's... Oh.

406
00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,400
WOMAN LAUGHS

407
00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,440
OK.

408
00:18:01,120 --> 00:18:02,800
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409
00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,200
Although I'm Chinese,
I was born in the UK.

410
00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,520
I've been to China once before,
a really long time ago, in the '80s.

411
00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,120
And, to be fair, my Mandarin is
like zero, so it's just impossible.

412
00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:20,480
Neither of us are getting anywhere,
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413
00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:23,080
The problem is, is like,
we ask people and no-one...

414
00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:24,960
And they speak Chinese to you.
They speak Chinese to me

415
00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,000
because I...I look Chinese. Yeah.

416
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,320
We don't get anywhere.

417
00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:30,520
I've kind of lost a bit of heart,
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418
00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,720
I know you have. OK.
But we need to....we need to...

419
00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,160
What do you want to do, then?
There's going to be an answer.

420
00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:37,400
Let's head across there, ask around.

421
00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,600
Oh, I do feel like I'm a hindrance.

422
00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:42,640
<font color="
No, 100%.

423
00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,160
Could you help us?

424
00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,080
Is this the city centre,
or is this the suburbs?

425
00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,520
This is... Yeah, yeah.
..the centre of Beijing.

426
00:18:49,520 --> 00:18:50,840
Right, and where are we?

427
00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:52,160
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428
00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,640
Oh, wow. Three hours?!
Still three hours by bus.

429
00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:56,080
Oh, wow.

430
00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,240
What's kind of like a good place
to get a cheap, clean hotel?

431
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,920
Like, here, everything is cheaper.
It's cheaper here? Right.

432
00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,960
<font color="
Yeah, it's more expensive. Yeah.

433
00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,160
OK, so... Stay here tonight,
and then get to Beijing tomorrow.

434
00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:10,720
I think that's the best plan.

435
00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:16,320
Come on, red man, green man.

436
00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,720
Hey, green man.
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437
00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:20,640
Bloody hell! 21...

438
00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:26,680
Beijing, a name that means
"northern capital."

439
00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,240
Once home to imperial dynasties,

440
00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,960
today it's the centre of power
for the Communist Party.

441
00:19:34,120 --> 00:19:38,680
Twice the size of London, it's the
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442
00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:43,200
Is it to the left and then right
or straight up here? This here.

443
00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,320
Straight up here?

444
00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,120
Trying to plot a way out...

445
00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:48,640
Melv, decision time, I think.

446
00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,320
..Brian and Melvyn.

447
00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,720
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448
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:56,640
I think we'll find a cafe,
sit down, have a plan.

449
00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,440
Do what we need to do
and then find a hotel tonight.

450
00:19:59,440 --> 00:20:01,760
It's been a long day,
really, hasn't it? Yeah.

451
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:05,200
You can always get me
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452
00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,440
Mmm! Personally, I think
we should do the most direct route.

453
00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,640
I don't fancy ending up at Shanghai,

454
00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:15,720
which is going to be a very bustling
and large city.

455
00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,280
And I would be more comfortable
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456
00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,520
But I think you'd actually
get to the checkpoint quicker

457
00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,160
by going to the Shanghai route.

458
00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:25,440
But we'll miss out
on the ancient stuff.

459
00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,400
So let's forget the Shanghai route.

460
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,120
Knock that one on the...on the head.
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461
00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:32,000
I am a bit controlling.

462
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,440
That's one of my bad qualities.

463
00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,720
So Luoyang is the birthplace
of Chinese civilisation.

464
00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,080
OK. Full stop.

465
00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:44,280
There's Buddhist grottoes,
1,700 years old.

466
00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,400
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467
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:47,800
My wife said to me, she said,

468
00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,880
"You know, don't come over
all pushy.

469
00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,000
"Don't come over all pompous,
Brian."

470
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,520
That'd be brilliant for me.

471
00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:55,840
Do you think it's a risk, then?
<font color="

472
00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:59,080
Yeah, it is a risk,
but we need to see how far it is.

473
00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:00,720
There's the point.

474
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,680
Brian's route will lead
the brothers deep inland

475
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:09,400
to Luoyang in Henan province,
a dicey detour from the checkpoint.

476
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,680
<font color="
Yeah, I think...I think...

477
00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:13,440
I think it is. All right.

478
00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,520
Yeah, that's decision made,
cos we can't fart about all...

479
00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:18,480
Yeah, decision made, go.
..all day.

480
00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,440
I think we need to just
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481
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,160
Also gambling on venturing
into less-travelled territory...

482
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,080
I think we should definitely
go inland,

483
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,840
where there's more opportunity
to do a bed and board,

484
00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:32,360
where we can save money.

485
00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:35,920
<font color="
looking to escape the city tonight.

486
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,720
Oh, a different...

487
00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,720
But needing to grapple
with six major railway stations

488
00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:51,320
and nearly 900 kilometres
of metro system.

489
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:53,280
We're cutting it
mighty, mighty fine.

490
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:56,440
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491
00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:04,000
We didn't make it on time. Ah!

492
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,400
Which means we have
to stay the night here.

493
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:07,680
We were so close.

494
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,400
Oh, so we're sold out.

495
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,760
So we're buggered.

496
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,240
Also failing to exit Beijing...

497
00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:19,280
Oh, God. I'm gutted.

498
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,480
<font color="
find accommodation.

499
00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,440
Which is brilliant.
Is the one thing that we said

500
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,200
we didn't want to do.
We didn't want to do.

501
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,480
So I think
the plan for tonight is to...

502
00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:32,320
Eat up, rest up,
<font color="

503
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:33,920
Exactly.

504
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:33,920
SHE LAUGHS

505
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,920
Oh, do you think
they do cheap buffets?

506
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,680
THEY LAUGH

507
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,720
That's what I need right now.

508
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:42,080
As day one draws to a close...

509
00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:48,040
..one team has managed to leave the
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510
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,760
Sorry, it's a bit tight.
Yeah, right, um...

511
00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,680
Oh, hello, Sioned.

512
00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:57,440
Fin and Sioned are looking to
leave Beijing and the competition

513
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:02,320
650 kilometres behind,
via an overnight train to Qingdao.

514
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,760
<font color="
on our first day.

515
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,960
Although we have definitely spent
more than we probably...

516
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,440
More than we wanted to.
..wanted to. But we are on the move.

517
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,280
We're on
a ten-and-a-half-hour train now.

518
00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:14,520
<font color="
than we expected to.

519
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,120
Oh, it's a tight squeeze.

520
00:23:17,120 --> 00:23:18,560
Goodnight. Love you.

521
00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:19,720
I love you.

522
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,600
Boop, boop, boop.

523
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,040
Boop, boop, boop.

524
00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,040
SHE LAUGHS

525
00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,560
I'd love to have
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526
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,360
Tough. We're in a prison cell
tonight, Sioned.

527
00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:32,520
OK.

528
00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:45,400
Right, Thomas, have you got
everything? Yeah, I think so. OK.

529
00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,760
I feel so much better.
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530
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:49,840
HE LAUGHS

531
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,360
I think yesterday was a bit of
a...a shock to the system

532
00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:54,040
and a bit disheartening.

533
00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,480
But now we're ready to crack on,

534
00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,080
especially as we can see
the train station from our room.

535
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:00,520
<font color="

536
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,240
Finally have a ticket.
Yeah, we're making progress.

537
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,640
..Elizabeth and Letitia
are heading south,

538
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,360
seeking rural home stays
to protect their budget.

539
00:24:09,360 --> 00:24:13,560
Do you know what this reminds me of?
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540
00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,640
Yeah, look, you can actually even
see some mountains over there,

541
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:20,240
which is quite nice.
Oh, nice. Bye, Beijing.

542
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,720
Also venturing inland,
Brian and Melvyn,

543
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,480
<font color="
of over 800 kilometres

544
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,440
to enjoy the ancient sites.

545
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,800
Yeah, we're making good speed.

546
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,640
The only thing is,
we're spending a lot of money.

547
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:33,720
That's the problem.

548
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,440
So, when we get to Luoyang,

549
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,240
<font color="
and accommodation...

550
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,600
Yeah, we might be able
to get back on an even keel.

551
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:42,920
We know where we're going.

552
00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,960
All we've got to do is book a train,
take in what Jinan has to offer.

553
00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:51,360
Ah, sold out, sold out.
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554
00:24:51,360 --> 00:24:52,960
How are they so busy?

555
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:55,400
Yeah, we have to get out of Beijing.
We have to get out of Beijing.

556
00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:58,240
It'd be really nice to still
stick to the plan and go to Jinan.

557
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,400
It is the capital
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558
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,160
so it's got great transport links.

559
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:07,240
We've come up with a different
method and...hopefully that'll work.

560
00:25:07,240 --> 00:25:08,840
That might be booked up as well.

561
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:10,480
And then I don't know what we do.

562
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,840
Probably just start
walking to the checkpoint.

563
00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,920
<font color="

564
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,360
Leaves from a different station.
We don't even know where it is.

565
00:25:18,360 --> 00:25:19,920
OK, well, try going
somewhere else, Thomas.

566
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,560
We need to look at other stations
and how to get there.

567
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,520
Come on, you're better than me.
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568
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,520
Er, right, line two, the subway.

569
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:33,160
If we can get on the way to Jinan,
then we can get excited. OK.

570
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,960
But, until then, I think
we're very much in race mode.

571
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,960
That looks like us, there. 916.
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572
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,400
Still just 45 kilometres
from the starting line,

573
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:46,120
Yin and Gaz are finally
on their way into Beijing.

574
00:25:46,120 --> 00:25:48,760
After yesterday and kind of
having a bit of a meltdown,

575
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,400
I do feel a lot better today. Yeah.

576
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,160
<font color="
it feels quite good.

577
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:54,440
We want to get to Shanghai

578
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:56,920
cos it is pretty close
to the end checkpoint.

579
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,000
Small win, we're good.
We're on the move.

580
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,760
I'm just really glad that we didn't
<font color="

581
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,560
No.

582
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,240
There we go. Well done, Sioned.

583
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,120
At the front of the pack,

584
00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:15,000
Fin and Sioned have reached
China's Yellow Sea coast.

585
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:16,880
Oh, look at that. Yeah.

586
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,040
<font color="

587
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:20,360
And the sea.

588
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,160
One of the world's longest
sea bridges,

589
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:30,760
spanning 42 kilometres,
connects Jiaozhou Bay to Qingdao.

590
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,240
It was Europe's first colony
on China's mainland.

591
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,600
But, despite centuries
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592
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,800
the city's culture and cuisine
remains resolutely Chinese.

593
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,920
Can you smell fish yet? Cos I can.

594
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,000
No. I could do with some food.
Maybe hot food.

595
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:50,800
Before heading to Shanghai,

596
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:54,640
Fin and Sioned plan lunch
<font color="

597
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,680
Can't wait for the crispy beef,
the sweet and sour sauce.

598
00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:00,680
Crispy duck. Oh...

599
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,480
Oh, look at the head.

600
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:08,080
Oh, wow.

601
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,720
Is that a lung? Do you want to
try a lung, Sioned? No.

602
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,320
<font color="
You try it.

603
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,240
I have... Do you want to try it? No.

604
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,960
Periods of food scarcity
throughout Chinese history

605
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,520
have led to the nation
having a wide-ranging palate,

606
00:27:22,520 --> 00:27:25,480
<font color="
from insects to offal.

607
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,400
Chinese food at home is a lie.
It's a massive lie.

608
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,240
It's a...it's a really big
misconception, I think.

609
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,200
Loads of little willies.

610
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,480
It's a bit gross.

611
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,480
SHE LAUGHS

612
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,920
<font color="
we'd never normally eat

613
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,600
because we have to eat it then
cos we spent money on it.

614
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,520
This just feels wrong.

615
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:47,880
Urgh!

616
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,720
Oh! Oh!

617
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:51,320
Do you know what it reminds me of?

618
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:55,000
Like, Voldemort
<font color="

619
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,480
Oh, you haven't watched it,
so you wouldn't know.

620
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,760
Oh, my gosh, it's so squishy.
It's so squishy.

621
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:04,720
I want to ask a local, "How do you
eat it?" Cos I don't know how.

622
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:06,600
Ni hao. Er, do you...

623
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,360
<font color="

624
00:28:08,360 --> 00:28:11,960
Oh, very good.
Anyway, how do we, like,

625
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:13,440
mm-hm, or...?

626
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,760
HE MIMICS CHOMPING

627
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,080
HE SPEAKS MANDARIN

628
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,440
Oh! Johned.

629
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,280
What? Did you just bite it?

630
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,400
Oh! Oh!
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631
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:26,600
MAN LAUGHS

632
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,800
In the capital...

633
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,520
Can we please get any ticket
to Jinan today, please?

634
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,000
Is, today, no.

635
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,400
There's no tickets.

636
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:38,960
There's got to be tickets.

637
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,640
Is there any...?
<font color="

638
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,280
An overnight? A train?
Train to Jinan?

639
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,080
Today, no. Tomorrow.

640
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,320
We haven't made it out of Beijing
in 24 hours now.

641
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,520
We...we have to come up
with a plan.

642
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,600
<font color="
This is the plan.

643
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,360
Yeah, I know. OK, OK.

644
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:04,200
It's all right.

645
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,720
HE SNIFFS

646
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,920
Give me a hug.
Feeling so useless.

647
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,520
I'll try.

648
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,880
<font color="
We said that.

649
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,120
I'll give it a go, shall I,
and you can watch me fail?

650
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:18,600
SHE LAUGHS

651
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,280
It's difficult as a parent
to see your child struggle,

652
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,800
especially as I would say
<font color="

653
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,400
because he has
travelled on his own before.

654
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,600
And I think he was hoping he'd find
it easier and he could show me.

655
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,400
Yeah, 6:20. 202.

656
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,480
Thank you.
Can I have two tickets, please?

657
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,920
Thomas, it's sorted.
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658
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,360
I think we just sleep on the street.

659
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:41,640
I don't know if it's safe.

660
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,520
I feel like I've kind of taken
the role that I'm going to

661
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,840
take the lead and take care of you
and I'm worried I can't...

662
00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:49,400
<font color="
..I can't do that as much.

663
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:51,320
Already I just feel like I'm...
We're doing it together.

664
00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:53,240
I'm just worried I'm going to
let you down. That's all.

665
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,400
No! Oh, darling! No.

666
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,880
Yesterday I was putting on a brave
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667
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,440
I think I tried to do the same
again today and it just...

668
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,560
it just all got a bit too much.

669
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,200
It built up and then it just
kind of forced its way out,

670
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:08,800
which even took me by surprise,
to be honest.

671
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,720
<font color="

672
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,640
It was just so overwhelming.

673
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,040
DOG BARKS

674
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:18,200
With the way we've been brought up,
I think, er, Mum and Dad have...

675
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,200
It's always been quite
traditional...roles and values

676
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,600
in our family. I've never really
<font color="

677
00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,840
and I think you're worried
that showing your emotions

678
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:30,920
can sometimes be perceived
as you being weak.

679
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,840
So I think
maybe that's why sometimes

680
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,080
I don't show my emotions
as much as I...

681
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:39,400
<font color="

682
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,720
Dad would absolutely love these.
SHE CHUCKLES

683
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,760
HE LAUGHS

684
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:47,800
With Caroline and Tom stuck
in Beijing for a second night...

685
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:51,200
..300 kilometres south,

686
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,760
Elizabeth and Letitia
are pushing on to Bengbu...

687
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,360
<font color="

688
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:59,360
The pillows look so comfy.

689
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,680
Damn it!

690
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,160
It's OK,
we're saving on accommodation.

691
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:07,080
..with a nine-and-a-half-hour
overnight journey in third class.

692
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,720
Oh, and it's even hard.

693
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,120
You know when you
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694
00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,400
and you were expecting a cushion?

695
00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,680
This is...
It's going to be interesting.

696
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,440
Yeah, we're not getting sleep
tonight.

697
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,920
I don't think so.

698
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,280
Deep inland,
<font color="

699
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:31,000
I wish I knew what she was saying.

700
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,320
..with plans to visit
the ancient grottoes tomorrow,

701
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,720
tonight Brian and Melvyn
are earning their bed and board...

702
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,000
OK. No, got it,
I've got it, I've got it.

703
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,160
<font color="

704
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,840
..at Miss Huang's restaurant.

705
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,160
You hold it, Melv, OK?

706
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,160
There we go.

707
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:53,360
OK.

708
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,360
She's a bit of a hard worker,
isn't she?

709
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:56,920
What a taskmaster.

710
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,120
<font color="

711
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,480
For me, I'm used to
the Michelin-star restaurant

712
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,480
and the five-star hotel.

713
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,040
Actually quite a posh restaurant.

714
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,160
There's some businesspeople
in there with suits and ties.

715
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,120
<font color="

716
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,880
I may have been lucky, but I've made
that luck by hard work.

717
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,960
Do not fall over, Bri.
Do not be a prat.

718
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,840
So I'm quite happy
to get my hands dirty

719
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,440
if that will help us get
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720
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,640
Bye, thank you, girls. Thank you.
Thank you very much, bye-bye.

721
00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:30,720
Whoa!

722
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,080
I tell you what,
I'll be glad to get into my bed.

723
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,040
So where are we going, then?
The restaurant's over there.

724
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,760
<font color="
Oh, it's a hotel, look, here.

725
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,600
We're not going there, though,
are we?

726
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:40,520
Oh, we're going up
a little side alleyway.

727
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,280
It's a bit dark down here, isn't it?

728
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,040
It is, mate.

729
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,720
Watch that, Melv.
<font color="

730
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:48,760
Seen it, seen it.

731
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,840
Thank you very much.

732
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,840
Yeah. Ah, lovely.

733
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,240
Love-is-shelter.

734
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,800
Thank you.

735
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,120
Very good.

736
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,800
People at home think
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737
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,880
My kids don't think
that I can adapt.

738
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,760
Where's the loo?
Just over there, look. OK.

739
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:14,720
OK.

740
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,720
We might not be in a hotel
every night,

741
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:20,840
but I would like a bed at night
<font color="

742
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,920
Oh, what's that? That's a...
that's just a piece of board.

743
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,160
The "bed and board" bit...

744
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,440
THEY LAUGH

745
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,440
..is literally a board.

746
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,440
Bloody... Is there any glass
in that window?

747
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,200
There was glass on the floor
<font color="

748
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,880
but there's none on the...
none in the window.

749
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,720
Does it smell? Yeah.

750
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,200
No, it doesn't.
It does. It smells of wee.

751
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,040
There's a key in the door.

752
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,560
THEY LAUGH

753
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,520
<font color="

754
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:53,760
Who in their right mind
is going to...

755
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,480
..nick out of...

756
00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,920
You've got to get out of here.

757
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:08,920
Stop! Stop it.

758
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,239
I'm crying.

759
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,080
<font color="

760
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,840
is exactly the sort of thing
I was hoping would happen.

761
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,639
I can't remember the last time
we laughed like that together.

762
00:34:21,639 --> 00:34:23,520
LAUGHTER CONTINUES

763
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:28,040
BLEEP! That stinks.
<font color="

764
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,120
I tell you what,
I'm happy with the accommodation.

765
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:31,679
The accommodation is fine.

766
00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:33,960
THAT is now my problem.

767
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,320
MELVYN LAUGHS

768
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,120
Hello.

769
00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:54,239
This area feels very calm,
quite serene.

770
00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:55,679
<font color="

771
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,240
At the midway point
of their journey to Shanghai,

772
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:02,920
Yin and Gaz have made it
to the holy city of the east...

773
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,520
..Qufu.

774
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,280
That's well cool. Look at that.
Well over 2,000 years old, at least.

775
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,120
<font color="
complex of ancient temples

776
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,680
and the birthplace of China's
most renowned philosopher...

777
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:19,040
That's the man himself.

778
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,960
..Confucius.

779
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,680
When you get your fortune cookie
and there's a proverb in there,

780
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:26,000
<font color="

781
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:31,400
Born 2,500 years ago, his teachings
on morality and family

782
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:35,200
garnered such fame that his home
was turned into a temple,

783
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:39,280
and decorated in a style
usually reserved for emperors.

784
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,200
What do you think they are? Dragons?
<font color="

785
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,680
There's a lot of symbolism
in Chinese culture.

786
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,840
I know fish is going to be wealth.

787
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,680
Dragon, obviously,
strength, courage.

788
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,680
I've had a really nice time.
<font color="

789
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,520
Being able to see the symbolism
here that kind of ties back in

790
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,960
with some of, like,
the things that I grew up with

791
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,520
is really nice,
to see it in its context.

792
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:04,200
My mum and dad were
very traditional Chinese.

793
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,400
<font color="

794
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,320
But I do understand why,

795
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,120
because they were
the first wave of immigration.

796
00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:13,320
The writing is so, like, intricate.
Yeah.

797
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,960
And they've kind of carved
all that scripture in.

798
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,960
I wasn't allowed
<font color="

799
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:21,520
go to parties and things like that,

800
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:24,920
so I found it really challenging
to be hemmed in.

801
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,560
So, when they first met Gaz,

802
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:31,720
bear in mind,
it was in the midst of the '80s,

803
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:34,160
where it was,
<font color="

804
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,080
I had long hair,
I had a goatee beard, you know?

805
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:38,160
I did look like
a bit dodgy character.

806
00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,680
There's a big drum!

807
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,480
Oh, that's cool.
That's a big drum!

808
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,880
The first thing
<font color="

809
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,800
"Why have you brought
a drug dealer into our house?"

810
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:49,960
There is quite a rebellious streak
in you as well.

811
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,720
SHE LAUGHS

812
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,720
And I think that was almost

813
00:36:51,720 --> 00:36:53,680
two fingers to your parents
by saying,

814
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:55,120
<font color="

815
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,280
We're going to make a...
A wish to win the race?

816
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:58,600
OK, let's go.

817
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,600
We've got Confucius on our side now.

818
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,200
Come on, we need to get a move on.

819
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,440
<font color="

820
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,400
My little village has nothing
compared to the size of this.

821
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:14,520
City-hopping south,
teenage couple Fin and Sioned

822
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:17,360
are the first team to reach
China's biggest metropolis.

823
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,200
Once a fishing village
<font color="

824
00:37:22,200 --> 00:37:26,280
today Shanghai reigns
as China's dazzling showpiece,

825
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:31,320
packed with over 24 million people,
a flurry of futuristic skylines,

826
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,960
and streets that echo
with stories of the past.

827
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:36,840
Look at his tash!

828
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,160
<font color="

829
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,880
SIONED LAUGHS

830
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:40,880
Yes! Go on, Sioned.

831
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,120
Oh, she's spinning too quickly.

832
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:47,320
I'm getting dizzy, Sioned.
Yay! Well done.

833
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,760
Xiexie. Thank you. Xiexie.
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834
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,000
Ah... Let's go. Right.

835
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,240
Oh! I thought
she wasn't going to stop then.

836
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,200
Sioned, how long have
we been walking for?

837
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:59,320
<font color="
an hour and a half, hour.

838
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,440
My back hurts, right.

839
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,160
I feel really dizzy right now,
Sion.

840
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,280
BEEPING
Oh, my levels are going low now.

841
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,040
Yeah, I think...
Oh, you'll need something.

842
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:07,640
<font color="

843
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,880
I was diagnosed
with type 1 diabetes.

844
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:13,320
I was 11 years old.

845
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,520
The exercise
will bring down my levels.

846
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,440
So I'm sitting down now.

847
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,080
Have fast-acting sugar.

848
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,160
We need to wait for your levels
<font color="

849
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,880
I used to be very,
I guess, insecure.

850
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,400
I thought it was embarrassing.

851
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,400
I remember the day
you found my sensor.

852
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,080
You went here and you...you touched.

853
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:31,520
It was like, you went,
<font color="

854
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,440
Like, how did you actually feel
when I found it?

855
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,080
Were you like, "Oh, shit,
she's found it," or were you...?

856
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,880
Gutted. Embarrassed and gutted.
Really? Why?

857
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,600
I think I would have probably
<font color="

858
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,240
Aw, that's quite sad.

859
00:38:43,240 --> 00:38:45,360
I feel like I worry
about Fin's sugar levels

860
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,120
more than he worries about it,
to be honest.

861
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,200
I feel like I take on
the motherly role a bit with that,

862
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:53,240
when...especially
<font color="

863
00:38:53,240 --> 00:38:55,480
It's going to be a challenge,
doing the race.

864
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,400
It's making sure we've...
we plan ahead, I think.

865
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:03,840
I literally inject you now.

866
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,160
Yeah. Yeah, to be fair,

867
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:06,920
<font color="
in my bottom.

868
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:09,040
LAUGHING: Yeah.
Many times.

869
00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,640
Do you think we can get
a bit quicker, Melv, so we can...?

870
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:13,760
Yeah, but I'll spill my tea.

871
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:17,160
The key is to see the...
<font color="

872
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:19,600
Brian's cultural journey west

873
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,680
has brought the brothers
1,000 kilometres inland,

874
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:27,560
to Luoyang, one of the four great
ancient capitals of China,

875
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,120
where Buddhism was first
introduced to the nation

876
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:32,240
<font color="

877
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:35,920
and home to one of the finest
examples of Buddhist art,

878
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:37,920
the Longmen Grottoes.

879
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,560
It's pretty awesome.

880
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,120
I didn't expect it to be
this big again. I didn't.

881
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:44,960
This is massive. Flamin' heck!

882
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,480
<font color="
of the Yi River,

883
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,640
countless caves
hold over 100,000 statues...

884
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:59,600
..amongst them,
the 17-metre-tall Vairocana Buddha.

885
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,640
He's a big'un, in't he? Yeah.

886
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,400
<font color="

887
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:10,240
His tops of his fingers are missing,
but... Yeah, but...

888
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,000
..but if you look how well-preserved
that is for 1,500 years.

889
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,720
Yeah, you can forgive the fingers,
can't you?

890
00:40:15,720 --> 00:40:17,840
<font color="
Yeah, definitely worth.

891
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,520
We have taken a step back
in the race to come and do this,

892
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,800
but this is the real China.

893
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:25,920
Come on.

894
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,280
It is nice for me to remember
that Melv is similar to me.

895
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:33,360
<font color="
It's amazing, really.

896
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,360
As we're getting older,
it's nice spending a bit of time

897
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:39,480
with each other,
which we haven't done in...

898
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:41,320
50 years. 50 years. Yeah.

899
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,600
<font color="
we've gone our separate ways.

900
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:46,000
Let's take a photo. Yeah.

901
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,520
Hi. Would you take a photo
of us two? OK, OK.

902
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,280
Hey! Thank you, mate. It's an old
camera, it's just that one there.

903
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,400
<font color="

904
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,240
When we were kids,
we did share interest in things -

905
00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:58,520
youth hostelling, fishing,
all that kind of stuff -

906
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:00,480
and it's nice to start that
over again,

907
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,640
and pick up where we left off.

908
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,640
<font color="
each other's nerves yet.

909
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:06,760
It's nice at the minute,
it's pleasant.

910
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,080
Yeah. Thank you, mate.
Brilliant. Thank you.

911
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:10,320
You're welcome.

912
00:41:11,440 --> 00:41:13,800
If you think back,
that's the first time

913
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:17,320
<font color="
together on the same photograph

914
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:20,160
in 20, 30 years, I suppose.

915
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,320
Is it really? Yeah, and that's...
Is it?

916
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:24,960
Well, we need more of it, then,
don't we? Yeah.

917
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:26,520
<font color="

918
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,320
so we need to
throw our camera at people

919
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,000
and get...and get our picture taken
a bit more, yeah? Yeah.

920
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,760
Yeah, let's get on the train, mate.
Cool. Let's get sorted.

921
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,080
<font color="

922
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,600
Oh, gosh. Oh, gosh.

923
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,400
560km southeast...

924
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:47,000
Oh, my God!
This is so fun! I love it!

925
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,960
I mean, it is fun.

926
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,680
I just don't want to go... Oh!

927
00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:52,720
It's, like, going up very steeply.

928
00:41:52,720 --> 00:41:55,560
<font color="

929
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:59,640
Elizabeth and Letitia are in
the rural outskirts of Bengbu...

930
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,800
Look how big! Yeah.

931
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,240
I didn't even know
they grew on trees.

932
00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:10,680
..earning their bed and board,
<font color="

933
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,000
OK. Oh, OK.

934
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,080
Kind of like pull, and then twist.
Get to work.

935
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:18,200
For generations,
they've made their living

936
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:21,080
growing and selling
white pomegranates,

937
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,000
<font color="

938
00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:24,280
Wah! Oh, dear.

939
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,280
Oh, dear! Oh, dear.

940
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:29,520
Ouch! If I wasn't being stabbed,
like, every two seconds

941
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,960
by the thorns,
it's actually quite relaxing.

942
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,400
I don't know how
<font color="

943
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,840
There's a seven-year age gap
between the both of us. Yeah. Yeah.

944
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:43,520
Oh! Oh, oh. No! Don't throw them.
They're going to bruise.

945
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:48,520
I think our dynamic is quite younger
<font color="

946
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:49,680
Yeah.

947
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:51,760
I want to get out of that,
though, you know?

948
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:54,440
You're not really trying
to get out of it.

949
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,520
I think you're even deepening
the younger sister vibes.

950
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,120
<font color="

951
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:01,280
So just twist, twist,
twist, twist, twist.

952
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,760
Twist. Be careful.

953
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:05,760
Like, it has to be done perfectly.

954
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,400
Elizabeth nit-picks everything.

955
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,880
I think we need to speed up as well,
cos we're going quite slow.

956
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,720
<font color="
what to do at all.

957
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,320
No.

958
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:17,400
Oh!

959
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:22,440
OK.

960
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,120
He didn't say good, he said OK.

961
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:28,880
We can sleep here?

962
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,280
It's like a princess room! Yeah. OK!

963
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,880
<font color="
isn't it?

964
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:38,040
Cos we used to share. Yeah.

965
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:42,040
Growing up, it was great
having an older sister,

966
00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,440
but then Elizabeth
went to Italy for nine years,

967
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,960
so we did have that distance.

968
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:50,960
<font color="
and she came back

969
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,000
and I was, like, an adult,
so we had that, like, gap.

970
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,120
OK. OK.

971
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:07,600
Oh, wow. Look at this bread!

972
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:09,360
Mmm.

973
00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:17,760
Mmm!

974
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:25,600
I think my sister still sees me
<font color="

975
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,680
It's not spicy!

976
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,000
..as a child.

977
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:35,880
Oh, um...

978
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,320
Wow, this is a spirit.

979
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,320
THEY LAUGH

980
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:44,120
Our relationship is very
surface level, so on this race,

981
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:50,120
I would like her to see me
<font color="

982
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:51,920
Mm.

983
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:53,600
That was so strong.

984
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:58,240
ELIZABETH LAUGHS

985
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:58,240
What?!

986
00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:00,640
Where's the small bag?

987
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:04,360
Have you not got it?
No. You're such a...

988
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,280
Oh, Mum!

989
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:07,720
After their static start,

990
00:45:07,720 --> 00:45:12,680
<font color="
reached the travel hub of Jinan.

991
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,800
Eager to make up time,
they've secured an overnight train

992
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:21,560
that will take them 770km southwards
to the city of Suzhou,

993
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,960
and are riding in the cheapest seats
they could find.

994
00:45:24,960 --> 00:45:28,320
<font color="
help us cover a lot of distance

995
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,520
and save money, so, look,
in the grand scheme of things,

996
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:32,960
it's not that bad.

997
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,000
We've got a seat, it's fine,
there's a shared table.

998
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,560
I didn't expect a bed or anything,
<font color="

999
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:40,920
for the price we paid.

1000
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:45,880
I've tucked my trousers into my
socks, I've got plastic shoes on.

1001
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:48,360
This is what happens
when you travel on a budget, so...

1002
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,040
I don't care how tough it gets,
that I'll get through it

1003
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:52,440
<font color="
You're doing well.

1004
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:54,880
I think the loos
might present a problem,

1005
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,280
but go early
before it gets worse, perhaps.

1006
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:58,880
THEY CHUCKLE

1007
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,840
This is the kind of travelling
I wanted.

1008
00:46:00,840 --> 00:46:02,600
<font color="
your first choice.

1009
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:03,960
You seem to be now.

1010
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,480
You're...you're going up
in the ranks, so it's OK.

1011
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:09,720
Am I? Fantastic.
Yeah, it's good fun.

1012
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:11,400
You're...you're impressing me.

1013
00:46:11,400 --> 00:46:13,520
Yeah, it's really good fun.
<font color="

1014
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,000
I'm quite happy.

1015
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,600
Mum is doing pretty good.

1016
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,800
I'm sure there's an element
of putting a brave face on.

1017
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:23,880
We're both very determined.

1018
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,680
I think we really want to prove
we can come back from this,

1019
00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:30,560
<font color="
we can to stay in this race.

1020
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,680
I think I love adventurising now.

1021
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,360
Early morning, Bengbu.

1022
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:49,120
Here you are.
Oh, this is so cute! Er...

1023
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,120
Xiexie.

1024
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:57,080
Yeah. Thank you.

1025
00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:00,200
This family has shown
<font color="

1026
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,440
So we really felt
really welcome here.

1027
00:47:02,440 --> 00:47:04,440
With money saved on accommodation...

1028
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,040
Wow!

1029
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:07,960
..the sisters' strategy -

1030
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:11,880
to spend big on a direct train 550km

1031
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:17,000
to Wuyuan, the closest station
<font color="

1032
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,160
Hopefully we'll make it
to the checkpoint really quickly,

1033
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,680
and then we can enjoy
the pomegranates.

1034
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:27,560
230km closer to Huangling...

1035
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:30,280
I'm feeling ready to go.

1036
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:34,200
ON PA SYSTEM: Dear passengers,
<font color="

1037
00:47:34,200 --> 00:47:36,960
Prioritised speed,
and we spent so much on transport.

1038
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:39,200
I feel like
if we're not there first now,

1039
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,440
I don't know what we've done wrong.
No, I know.

1040
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:44,880
..Fin and Sioned have one
<font color="

1041
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,760
to reach the checkpoint.

1042
00:47:46,760 --> 00:47:48,960
Er, Wuyuan.

1043
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:50,880
6:24.

1044
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:52,280
Tonight? Yes.

1045
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:53,800
So it's five, six hours.

1046
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,080
We're not waiting that long.
Is there earlier?

1047
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,120
No earlier, only this one.

1048
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,200
<font color="

1049
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:05,960
Another 30 quid.
This is so shit.

1050
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,800
OK, we'll maybe come back.

1051
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:09,760
So that was
a bit of a kick in the teeth.

1052
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,080
When I've made a plan,
I just don't like steering from it.

1053
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:14,960
Well, it says buses this way.

1054
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:16,760
<font color="

1055
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:18,920
No, bus today at all? No bus.

1056
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,160
What do you want to do?

1057
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:21,920
Cos I-I've had enough
of making decisions.

1058
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,720
I don't know.

1059
00:48:23,720 --> 00:48:25,720
Oh, for... I can't believe this!

1060
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:28,440
You're waiting for me
<font color="

1061
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:31,920
This is a joke.
We should not still be in a station.

1062
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,240
Well, we can't have a bus.

1063
00:48:36,240 --> 00:48:38,320
Right. I think we should have
to go pay for the train

1064
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:40,160
and just have to wait
a stupid amount of time.

1065
00:48:40,160 --> 00:48:42,360
<font color="
that we have any other options.

1066
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,880
The youngest team at a standstill...

1067
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,920
BOTH: We're off! Whoo-whoo!

1068
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:54,360
..behind them in Shanghai, Yin
and Gaz have already secured a train

1069
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:55,840
towards the checkpoint,

1070
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:57,400
<font color="

1071
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,800
It's like an onslaught
of the senses, really.

1072
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:02,840
Look at that through there.

1073
00:49:02,840 --> 00:49:06,280
It's cool, innit?
It's, like, unreal, isn't it?

1074
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:10,560
..giving the pair a chance
to wander the streets of the city.

1075
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:13,560
<font color="
What's that over there?

1076
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:16,840
I mean, I can't read all of it,
but there's, like, um...

1077
00:49:16,840 --> 00:49:20,960
I'm assuming parents who have
put adverts for their children,

1078
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,360
who are seeking marriage
or partners.

1079
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,800
<font color="
meets ambition,

1080
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,000
many young professionals
are too busy to date.

1081
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,520
So, every weekend,

1082
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:35,640
People's Park transforms
into a bustling marriage market.

1083
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:37,160
Let's see what's on the market.

1084
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:40,400
<font color="
a nice bride! We'll see.

1085
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:44,120
You look very, er, very presentable.
Do I? Yeah. Good.

1086
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:47,000
Genuinely,
he'd be a catch for anyone.

1087
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,040
He's got his own teeth and, you
<font color="

1088
00:49:50,040 --> 00:49:52,920
but he's still, I think,
quite a good-looking man.

1089
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:56,400
I mean, you know,
Gaz was a great husband

1090
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,440
And, like, when, when, when
the marriage was good, I mean,

1091
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,640
he was a brilliant husband.

1092
00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:05,840
<font color="
we were married for...

1093
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:07,520
I think we were together
for 31 years.

1094
00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,760
We did split up two or three years
ago, went our separate ways.

1095
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:12,800
I'd consider Gaz
to be a best friend now.

1096
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:16,000
<font color="
break-up, I probably hated him.

1097
00:50:16,000 --> 00:50:19,560
Little elements
of our relationship deteriorated.

1098
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:22,760
We became two separate people
living in a house together,

1099
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:25,160
and then before you know it,
there's no going back.

1100
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:26,440
<font color="
going down the hill.

1101
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:29,560
You can see what's happening,
but you don't change it.

1102
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:32,960
See if we can find someone
with a friendly face who might...

1103
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:34,760
we can offer you up to.

1104
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:36,960
I still get people,
<font color="

1105
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,600
"Oh, are you and Gaz
going to get back together?"

1106
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:40,720
And I'm like, "Absolutely not."

1107
00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:45,120
We're over that, aren't we?
We are. We're over that.

1108
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,440
Did you look for yourselves
to find a match?

1109
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:51,560
<font color="
but I'm single. Oh!

1110
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:54,840
Do you think that Gaz would be
a really good prospect?

1111
00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:58,280
Too old? He's not my taste.
Not your taste?

1112
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,440
THEY LAUGH

1113
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:00,440
What about you?

1114
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:02,320
<font color="

1115
00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:07,040
Plenty more fish in the sea.
I might find a wife in India.

1116
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:10,040
Ooh! Well, you'll have lost
some weight then, won't you?

1117
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,200
So you'll be even more...
What does that mean?!

1118
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:14,640
Now we need to concentrate
<font color="

1119
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:16,680
we're in touching distance, mate.

1120
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:20,240
As the teams make their final push
towards Huangling...

1121
00:51:20,240 --> 00:51:23,000
Could you take a photo of us two,
please?

1122
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:24,120
..Brian and Melvyn...

1123
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:25,840
Smile, you miserable git!

1124
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:29,320
<font color="
another cultural pit stop...

1125
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:31,200
There you go. Another one together.
It's the second one.

1126
00:51:31,200 --> 00:51:33,000
..and are making slow progress

1127
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,480
towards the checkpoint.

1128
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,120
Ahead of them...

1129
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,880
Oh, my golly!

1130
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,160
<font color="
Caroline and Tom south,

1131
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:46,560
and back into the race
at the lakeside city of Suzhou.

1132
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,880
Hello. We're trying to
get a train to...

1133
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:51,280
We-we can't say it.

1134
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,440
We-we don't know how.

1135
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:57,720
<font color="
"Ooh-yeah"! Ooh...

1136
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:03,280
Hefeinan.

1137
00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,200
Nothing's simple for us, is it?

1138
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:13,320
But to reach the checkpoint,
a 380-kilometre detour -

1139
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,920
a serious setback for their race.

1140
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:19,080
<font color="
a good distance yesterday,

1141
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:20,560
it's shot us in the back

1142
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:24,480
because we kind of now have to go
back to get to where we need to.

1143
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:26,600
It is very deflating, to be honest.

1144
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:33,880
Closing in on Wuyuan Station...

1145
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,880
If we see people, we're running.

1146
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:38,720
<font color="

1147
00:52:38,720 --> 00:52:41,280
I just wonder how fast
the others have gone.

1148
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,120
..two teams.

1149
00:52:43,120 --> 00:52:45,680
We should have been there hours ago.
I know.

1150
00:52:45,680 --> 00:52:47,120
We just want to get there now. Yeah.

1151
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:50,080
It's going to be close, I think.
<font color="

1152
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,720
Race mode is on.

1153
00:52:59,720 --> 00:53:02,840
Reaching the closest station
to the checkpoint,

1154
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,720
teams receive instructions
on their tracker.

1155
00:53:05,720 --> 00:53:07,320
BEEPING

1156
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,360
Oh, my God!

1157
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:14,000
"Travel to Ti Tian Suo Dao
<font color="

1158
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,920
"and await further instructions."

1159
00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:17,960
OK. Oh, my gosh. It begins.

1160
00:53:17,960 --> 00:53:21,280
I would just get a taxi.
Shall we just get a taxi?

1161
00:53:21,280 --> 00:53:22,400
Look.

1162
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:23,880
Hi. Ni hao. Ni hao.

1163
00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:29,080
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
<font color="

1164
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:30,520
THEY LAUGH

1165
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:40,520
What did he say?
It's on a mountain.

1166
00:53:40,520 --> 00:53:42,600
We have to get a cable car.

1167
00:53:42,600 --> 00:53:46,760
To reach Huangling,
teams must ascend into the mountains

1168
00:53:46,760 --> 00:53:52,240
via cable car, alighting to cross
<font color="

1169
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:55,840
their only option to reach
the village and the checkpoint.

1170
00:53:57,560 --> 00:53:59,240
Oh, wow.

1171
00:53:59,240 --> 00:54:01,280
OK. Oh. Oh, gosh.

1172
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,360
Wow. It's there. Cable car is there?
It's there.

1173
00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,680
Go, go, go.
<font color="

1174
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,040
BEEPING

1175
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:08,040
Shall we just go?

1176
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:09,680
Let's go, let's go, let's go.

1177
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,080
Oh, my gosh.

1178
00:54:11,080 --> 00:54:13,360
Oh! OK. Shall we have a look?

1179
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:16,400
"Take cable car B..."

1180
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:17,560
B?!

1181
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:26,040
<font color="

1182
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:29,120
I think we've made a mistake.
This is really, really, really bad.

1183
00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:35,800
Go! We want to get there as soon
as possible.

1184
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:37,280
We've wasted too much time today.

1185
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:38,840
BEEPING

1186
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:41,080
<font color="

1187
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:42,280
First stop.

1188
00:54:42,280 --> 00:54:44,200
Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.

1189
00:54:46,440 --> 00:54:49,720
So back down again.

1190
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:52,440
We've wasted time.

1191
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:54,720
Wow! Look at this.

1192
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:55,960
That's stunning.

1193
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,880
<font color="
Holy shit.

1194
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,360
Look at all the lights.

1195
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:05,000
I feel like I'm in Peter Pan.
Tinker Bell will fly out now.

1196
00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,640
BEEPING

1197
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:12,560
"Continue through
the ancient village

1198
00:55:12,560 --> 00:55:17,160
"and find the first checkpoint,
<font color="

1199
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,160
All right, let's keep going.

1200
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:20,160
BEEPING

1201
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:24,240
OK, so... After the bridge,
find the first checkpoint hotel.

1202
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,920
Right, we're here.
There's no hotels on here.

1203
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:29,880
Where's the hotel?

1204
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:32,240
<font color="
up and down, up and down.

1205
00:55:32,240 --> 00:55:35,960
Could be up there.
I'm getting so confused!

1206
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:37,480
This place just keeps on going.

1207
00:55:37,480 --> 00:55:39,480
I feel like
we're just getting nowhere.

1208
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:45,240
Oh, wow. I can imagine it's probably
<font color="

1209
00:55:45,240 --> 00:55:48,160
You can just about see
the tops of the trees and stuff.

1210
00:55:48,160 --> 00:55:50,600
Oh, God, I can hear glass cracking.
HE LAUGHS

1211
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:51,800
I think we should ask someone here

1212
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,120
cos there's so many, like,
different directions we can go.

1213
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:01,160
<font color="

1214
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:02,600
Shaiqui Hotel?

1215
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,280
Shai-que-ee...Kiwi...

1216
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:08,960
Come on, oldie!

1217
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:13,960
What the? It's a dragon!
We're in a race!

1218
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:15,840
Traffic, we have to wait a minute.

1219
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,160
Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.

1220
00:56:18,160 --> 00:56:19,560
<font color="

1221
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:26,040
Welcome to Huangling Shaiqui Hotel.

1222
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:27,280
Please sign in.

1223
00:56:27,280 --> 00:56:30,120
Oh, I... You open it. I'm too
scared, actually, I genuinely am.

1224
00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:33,720
"You have successfully
reached your first checkpoint.

1225
00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:35,520
"Please sign overleaf."

1226
00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:44,840
<font color="
Well done.

1227
00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:49,080
I'm actually so glad
that we just weren't last.

1228
00:56:49,080 --> 00:56:52,360
I'm so happy that we're first.
Yeah, we're first. It is good.

1229
00:56:52,360 --> 00:56:54,480
I've surprised myself with
how well we've actually managed

1230
00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:58,720
<font color="
is massive compared to Wales.

1231
00:56:58,720 --> 00:57:01,680
Proud of you. Well done. Yay!

1232
00:57:01,680 --> 00:57:05,080
Is this it? Do it, go on, do it.

1233
00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:07,000
Oh, OK, that's cool. OK.

1234
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,400
Third. I'll take that.

1235
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:11,320
<font color="
actually. Yeah, yeah.

1236
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:13,800
Is... It was amazing,
cos it was a rough start.

1237
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:16,760
I really enjoy being together
with you as a team.

1238
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:19,760
I couldn't choose anyone better
<font color="

1239
00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,440
Whoo! Up the pace.

1240
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:30,120
My trousers will fall down!

1241
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,680
We're there. We're there.

1242
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:35,480
Bloody hell, there's so many people.

1243
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:39,360
Look at that.

1244
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:42,240
Excuse me. Excuse me, please.
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1245
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:43,840
What a beautiful place.

1246
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,960
BRIAN CHUCKLES

1247
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,960
That's it, Melv.

1248
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:51,800
We're fourth.

1249
00:57:51,800 --> 00:57:52,960
Well done, mate.

1250
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:57,920
In hindsight,
I think we chose the wrong route.

1251
00:57:57,920 --> 00:58:00,280
We're going to have to plan
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1252
00:58:00,280 --> 00:58:02,560
We're not last, mate.
Oh, that's good.

1253
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:04,440
Caroline and Tom
are still out there.

1254
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,120
END!

1255
00:58:08,120 --> 00:58:10,560
Zion! Oh, brilliant.

1256
00:58:11,640 --> 00:58:14,880
It's going to be really difficult.
I'm not quite sure how I'll cope.

1257
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,920
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1258
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:19,000
This is just extraordinary.

1259
00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:21,440
In general,
I think we're quite different.

1260
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:23,960
And I'm hearing more differences
the more you talk.

1261
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:26,280
Look at that. My heart.

1262
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:27,720
And away!

1263
00:58:27,720 --> 00:58:29,400
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1264
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:32,160
This is an opportunity
to do things differently.

1265
00:58:35,000 --> 00:58:38,360
From when we were married, in
a crisis, we're pretty good. Yeah.

1266
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:39,640
Whoa!

1267
00:58:39,640 --> 00:58:43,320
Cos we've only just come out of
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1268
00:58:43,320 --> 00:58:45,400
I need to wise up. I'm a big girl.

1269
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:48,080
Quick, quick, quick.
Oh, shit, shit, shit!

1270
00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:50,160
I have no words.

1271
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:53,320
It is definitely
Endurance Race Across The World.