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Your destination is...

It's a long, long way.

It is a marathon. Definitely not a sprint.

If we outsmart the other teams, we can win this.

I think we can win.

I think we will win.

From now on, the only thing that matters is us being first place.

We're so close to the boys and it is possible now to win.

Good position can very quickly become a bad position

with just one bad day.

We've just got to step on the gas and speed even more.

ALARM BEEPS Go, go!

Stephen, this way, now!

This is a race and a half!

Oh, Mum, come on! I'm trying, Isabel!

Let's go, let's go, let's go! Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Got a race to win here! Get out the way!

I'm there, I'm there! Hand on book, hand on book!

It's not just like a new job. It's not like a new hobby.

This is a new life.

Game on. Game on indeed.

Hello! Hello! You shouldn't be here! Morning!

With one final leg of the race left to run,

Alfie and Owen's lead has been reduced to 12 minutes.

How the bloody hell did you do that?

Beating them would be so nice. It'd be so nice to beat them.

It would be nice cos we... From the start...

Yeah, they've been on our tails, we've been on their tails,

we've annoyed each other constantly

in terms of how close we've been on the race.

Listen, we said from the get-go, you boys are competitive.

Arch-rivals Isabel and Eugenie made up nearly 24 hours through Sumatra

and possess a financial advantage.

I think money's going to be a big factor on this final leg.

Yeah. Yeah. It's quite tight.

What? Yeah.Money is a problem.

HE WHISTLES

We said a few white lies

just to kind of float it out there that we don't have much money.

Our budget is overly healthy

so we are going to be taking the speediest transport possible,

whether it's speedboats...Taxis.

..taxis, we're going to be throwing money at it.

Sounds like none of us really have the money for a big taxi.

No.

I think they're worse off for budget than we are, by the sounds of it.

Yeah, sounds like it. From the cards they're giving away. Yeah.

Their weakness is going to be they're not going to be as fast

on the ground as we are on the final approach

so they need to buy themselves an extra half an hour

that we don't need to look out for. And, you know, with the sound

of their money worries, that could be a real struggle for them. Yeah.

How much do you want to win?

Do you know what? Is it...is it burning?

We talk as if we're winners already. Yeah, yeah.

THEY LAUGH

Well, whatever happens, good luck. Good luck.

Cheers.Cheers.

Right, let's do this.

Two teams have yet to sign in.

The Orient Jakarta.

I think that's it there.

Third to arrive...

Oh. Is it here?

..Betty and James...

OK, come on.

..25 hours after the leading teams.

Oh!

How are we not last?!

We've not actually done that bad.

Yeah, Eugenie and Isabel have done well to catch up.

24 hours behind, and now they're 12 minutes.

I'm actually really positive about coming in third... Yeah.

..considering how many delays and setbacks we had.

We still have a chance.

If they can catch them, why can't we catch them? Well, exactly.

Where the hell are Stephen and Viv?

4am.

What was the hotel called? The Orient Jakarta?

Yeah.

One last team to arrive, almost 32 hours off the pace.

It's this way, look.

Makes you feel the buzz. Yeah.

Makes you feel like you might still be in it.

What does it say? Where are we? Where are we? Come on.

Oh. Oh! Fourth.

Oh. Jeez.

A day and a half ahead. So disappointing.

Gutted, actually. Happy to be here, happy to have made it

but, yeah, genuinely disappointed. Yeah. Yeah, we knew.

We knew we would be fourth. Yeah. Yeah.

We're just hoping for a miracle, I suppose.

Oh, dear me.

8:38am.

Wow, day 46! Oh, they got...

Half four in the morning! Oh, my God.

In terms of the other teams, I am probably arrogantly ruling them out.

I think it's a two-horse race now.

Bangsal, Lombok.

Nothing on the other side? That is it.

Bangsal. Let's go.

1,400km away - the Indonesian island of Lombok,

considered by 19th-century explorers to mark the division

between the flora and fauna of Asia

and the weird and wonderful wildlife of Australasia.

HISSES

On its north-west coast, the port of Bangsal.

This is it. Yes. Excited now.

The teams can only reach it from the neighbouring island of Bali.

To get there, they'll first need to navigate the length

of the most populous island in the world, Java -

mountainous, highly volcanic

and with a rich cultural history.

Established routes include travel via the major cities of the north

or tourist hot spots of the south.

The southern coast might be easier to get around

because there'll be more tourists... Let me see that for a sec.

..you know, more of a well-worn route,

so I'm more in favour of the tourist route, to be honest.

I think it'll be a lot easier.

No. Huh? No. Why not?

I think northern Java

and city-hopping is the best route for us. Go on. Why?

It is shorter as the crow flies.

It's using city hubs, which means more likely

of being able to get some transport. Yeah.

And anything on Java, because it's so populous,

there's going to be transport constantly. Yeah.

There will be.

The island's transport system is well developed,

but buses and trains are often booked up in advance,

so making connections holds the key.

It looks like there's far more earning opportunities

on the northern straight.

What we could create for ourselves is a mini little taxi fund,

propel ourselves to the finish line at the end. Yeah.

Yeah, I think... I think this way is the way to go.

OK, fine. Right, let's do it. Let's go. Let's get out of here.

Alfie's plan - first head to the city of Semarang, 450km away.

If we race optimally with our route,

I don't think they'll be able to catch us.

So, yeah, feeling good.

I think the race is kind of 5% athleticism, 95% ingenuity.

We have to win, and the motivation behind winning isn't about money.

The motivation behind winning is winning.

When we're in those high-pressure situations, you know,

we need to be careful that neither of us lose our head.

Do you know how we can get a train? Yeah. Four stations.

Four stations on the bus? Yeah.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Also making their departure 12 minutes after the current leaders...

We could think of using a direct route. Yeah.

Direct has worked for us in the past, hasn't it?

Yeah, it really has.

I don't think we need to work, so it's not really a concern.

Eugenie and Isabel are planning to head in the same direction

as the boys - across the north of Java.

I can see the boys over there.

They're walking in the same direction.

EUGENIE: We don't know what their route is.

Mother-daughter relationships, they're not easy,

but this race has brought us closer together.

And even though we have very, very different personalities,

there are characteristics where we are very similar -

and competitiveness is one of them.

We're going to go all the way.

Two tickets to Semarang.

How much is it?

Oh, this is expensive.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

OK, that was a success.

OK, we've got to wait for two hours, but...

It's good.

Um, we need to get to Semarang.

Semarang. Semarang.

Just over there.

Over there? Fine. Thank you.

Oh, no, it's the boys.

You're lying to me.No, it is.

They're just going to ignore us.

Semarang's there. Surabaya...

Where's Jakarta?

They're in game mode. This is why they've ignored us.

I'm guessing they don't have tickets,

which, the longer they wait, is riskier.

For BLEEP. I don't know where to go.

Were they there the whole time?

Have they seen us?

I don't even care.

Oh, hello. Hello!

THEY LAUGH

So, where are you off to? Ah...

Lombok. Lombok. THEY LAUGH

Right, goodbye. See you later. We'll leave you to it.

The boys just seem so scatty!

I am surprised to see Eugenie and Isabel here.

I thought they'd be opting for more of a bus route.

However, the buses may have been sold out

or not actually as cheap as we thought.

Whatever the reason is, they're taking the train,

which is more expensive, but they're the ones tight on budget, not us.

They just look a bit manic.

Yeah, they don't seem to be too sure in terms of what they're doing.

Owen!

Owen!

Got a plan. Did you see anything? Got a plan.

Well, go on, then.

Come.

Staying in Semarang tonight doesn't chop out enough distance for me.

Yeah. So I think if we get a train direct to Surabaya,

we've cut out a whole island in a night.

Alfie and Owen's revised plan -

an overnight train that swings to the south coast,

before returning north to the city of Surabaya,

350km further east than originally intended.

Shall we book? Yeah, let's book it.

It does mean waiting around six hours, but it makes perfect sense.

I can tell they're under pressure by how Alfie shakes his leg.

Thank you. Thank you. Cool, let's go.

Back at the checkpoint...

Give it more oomph, come on.

Give it some power, some welly.

..Betty and James must wait until the morning to begin the final leg.

I think we can definitely win. We've just got to like believe it.

Obviously, it looks like a hard task. Yeah. And... Yeah.

It is going to be tough because they're already out there.

Given everything that James and I have been through on this race,

I'm hoping there's going to be nothing else this leg to trip us up,

but, genuinely, I think even if it does,

we are a stronger team now to kind of get over that.

Budget-wise, just struggling a little bit but... Yeah.

Their challenge - to catch up,

with only £155 of their race budget remaining.

Oh, dear, it's nice to sit and rest for a while.

And we have scrimped in previous legs.

And I think we've got enough money that we can actually

throw some money at it, all guns blazing.

With more than £500 in the bank,

Stephen and Viv may have an ace up their sleeves.

We know we've got some spare budget.

We're determined to make use of it to buy distance, to buy time.

If we can get a flow to our race, we should be able to make up some time.

There's two, two million. Mm!

Excuse me. Er, money change?

Pounds into rupiah.

Third floor? Yeah. OK. All right, thank you.

Four hours into the final leg...

Oh! It's closed.

Oh. We'll find one in Surabaya. Yeah, true.

..actioning their change of plan,

Alfie and Owen are heading to Surabaya.

Imagine Eugenie and Isabel are getting on this as well. I know.

Hopefully, they've run out of money, if they were telling the truth.

But who knows? Who knows? Got no interest in them.

No interest at all.

450km away...

Mum? Kel... Kel, it says exit that way.

Eugenie and Isabel arrive in Semarang...

Two tickets to Malang, please.

..ready to execute the next part of their plan

by heading to Malang, 100km south of Surabaya.

For tomorrow, not today.

Oh.Not until tomorrow.

Oh.8:30am.

8:30. OK.

Oh, God, it's so expensive.

Thank you.

Cor, it's a bit frustrating.

It was quite disappointing.

We basically have a whole day to kill in Semarang.

And I am getting a bit worried

cos it does feel like we're spending quite a lot of money.

Maybe we do need to be a bit more cautious,

just in case it's quite expensive to get across Bali.

Money is going to be absolutely...

Crucial.

Whoo!

Right, let's have a count up.

400,000.

OK, thank you.

13, 14...

121... Pound 60. ..pound 60.

That's not a lot. What? Why have we only got that much?

We've got about 30 quid a day.

Basically, we've not got a lot. But we're going to work.

We need to work, and bag free accommodation,

because, without working, like, we may not even complete the race.

Like the teams ahead of them,

James and Betty are travelling via the northern cities,

but making an early stop,

where they plan to earn money to stay in the race.

When I think of the race, I think of the hurdles or the challenges

that we're going to come across. Yeah.

But I'll just keep thinking that everything's going to be good.

There's a volcano over there. Mm.

Money bag. Money bag.

Bill bag. Bill bag.

Ah.

Man bag.

HE IMITATES SNORING Yeah, I know!

SHE CHUCKLES

Right, come on. Ready to go.

Hyaa! God!

We've got enough money, I think, so we don't need a job.

I don't think so at the moment. So which way do you fancy going?

Well, southern looks and feels like a good route.

Yeah, tourist trails. I think we've got the budget.

We should be able to rein in some time.

Stephen and Viv are the only team taking

the southern tourist route,

by train, first to Bandung and then on to Yogyakarta...

We want to go to Bandung.

Lovely.

..hoping the relative excess of cash

can buy them quick connections across Java.

Thank you.

We've done some adventures in the past.

And we've both had life-changing health issues.

I didn't want to just, just slow down and become an old person.

No, we felt that we had another big adventure in us still. Yes.

Oh, my God, it's huge. Yeah.

We will compete to win, for sure,

and if we come back as a couple, it's a win for me.

Doesn't it feel good to have got a taxi to here, bought our ticket?

Yeah, I know. The train goes within ten minutes,

15 minutes of it arriving here. Mm.

And we're on our way.

Yes, as long as the others didn't have the same luck.

This is beautiful. It's like a little hidden oasis.

BIKE BELL DINGS

With train tickets to Malang booked for the evening...

Like European. The shutters. Yeah.

You wouldn't look over there and think we're in Indonesia, would you?

No.

..Eugenie and Isabel have a chance to explore the ancient

cosmopolitan port of Semarang.

Oh, that's cool.

It's the acrobatics that they do when they're standing up.

Gosh, that's, that's hard work.

Look at that view. Oh, wow, look at that!

Oh, wow!

Mum, can you see the church? I can see a church.

Yeah, the area is really diverse.

Cos Sumatra's so dominantly Muslim,

I really wasn't expecting to see churches and temples

so close to one another.

You've got the stained glass and everything there, haven't you?

It's pretty, isn't it?

Throughout this race,

there's a lot of things that have come my way,

which has been very testing.

I have to really call on my faith and,

because of that, I believe that my relationship with God has grown.

Hello.

You go to that church? Er, pray.

Oh, come on.

Yeah, she's going to pray for you, Isabel. Mm.

MURMURS PRAYER

Isabel is not necessarily a believer.

Yet she's respectful about it.

Amen.

Yes, please.

For Mum, that was really moving.

It's the sign that I think she needed.

Yeah, I'm hoping it means we will get the big reward

and we will get the win. Yeah.

Sign from God.

350km closer to the finish line...

Good start to the leg.

Oh, it's good, it's good.

..Alfie and Owen have reached Java's second largest metropolis.

Known as the city of heroes

for its pivotal role in the revolution of 1945...

We must fight hard, race fast.

..ending 350 years of Dutch colonial rule.

Ticket for Malang? Malang.

Line seven.

Seven, all right, thank you.

Like Isabel and Eugenie,

the boys have their eyes on Malang.

Oh, my God.

Malang, Malang.

Malang, Malang! Everyone calm down.

Yeah, you don't have to shout.

Yeah, Malang. Where are you going? Malang. We need a ticket.

Hang on, hang on. We need a ticket. OK.

What time? No, stop. Stop. ALL TALK AT ONCE

We need... Sssh. We need a ticket.

What time will the buses leave?

ALL TALK OVER EACH OTHER

For crying out loud.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Shall we just ask this woman again, see if she's got a schedule?

Hello, again.

We need to go to Malang. Do you know what time the buses leave?

Eight o'clock.

Eight o'clock here? Yes. Yeah.

Fine. OK. And also we need to exchange some money.

Airport.

Is there a bus to the airport?

And then we come back here at eight o'clock?

Right, so follow me.

Oh, you'll take us to the airport?

Yeah.OK, perfect.

We know we're in Indonesia for the rest of this now,

so we need to get rid of all the pounds and turn it all into rupiah.

We can use that for a taxi

either on the island of Java or when we're in Bali.

Uh, where's the money exchange? In terminal two.

Shit. How do we get to terminal two?

Taxi. ALFIE AND OWEN: Taxi?

Can we go to terminal two?

100.

100,000 is very expensive.

It's expensive. We'll see. Thank you.

We, we might c... What?

70. 70?

We'll do 70, yeah? 70, yeah.

Thank you.

The power of walking off.

The nearest exchange that takes sterling is 9km away.

What did we say? What did we agree on?

70. Oh, bollocks.

I don't have any change.

Shitting hell.

I've only got two fifties.

Just m...

Just take it, take the extra ten.

Thank you. Thank you.

Where is that shit?

Money exchange? Straight down?

Yeah. Yes. Oh, my God.

That is a sight for sorry eyes.

No. What the BLEEP?

No. It's closed.

BLEEP sake!

15-minute break?

Oh, so we just have to wait.

Oh, for God's sake.

It's annoying, it's not the end of the world.

Trying to keep Alfie calm is almost like stepping back

and removing myself from the situation

because I find that if I'm in his ear and he's already stressed,

that's the last thing he needs.

We just can't let anything, you know, demotivate us too much.

I like to think of myself as a kind person.

When I was younger, I did need a lot of help getting through my struggles

with my worries, so I like to think that

I can kind of repay that, in a way. I, like, I want to help people,

I like listening to people's problems.

I want to make sure people are OK.

It's a pain in the arse that we're having to wait, but we should be OK.

Yeah.

Ah! Oh, my God.

Three hours since they left Jakarta...

I'd never heard of Java really before.

Only heard of Java script, and that's something at work.

..James and Betty arrive 222km

further along the north coast.

Oh, God, look at all the scooters.

Oh, my God.

Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Been a great day. Yeah. Straight out of Jakarta.

Yeah. Straight here.

Work booked, accommodation booked.

And it's free. I couldn't imagine a better case scenario.

I've got confidence in Java.

Mindful of their precarious budget,

the siblings will be working tomorrow...

Ari Anto. Ari Anto. Ari Anto.

..on Mr Ari's salt farm.

Are we staying in Mr Ari's house?

No. No.

A guest house?

Oh, is it free?

Do we have to pay for? I'm not sure. Ask him.

I don't know how to say it without being rude.

Don't know. Rip it off, ask.

You ask. Say, "Is this free?"

Is... Is this free or do we pay for...?

400,000.

400,000? Yes.

Oh, no.

Oh.

SHE WHISPERS:Shit.

Could he do any cheaper than that?

200?

No.No?

It's OK.

I know, but when we expect it to be nothing... Yeah.

OK. Yeah? Yeah. Going to have to. Going to have to, aren't we?

OK. 200, yeah, thank you.

Ah. Oh, dear.

When we do ask people, can we stay with them and they say yeah,

we, like, take it for granted that it's free.

Yeah. We are working tomorrow.

So we will earn that back. We'll earn it back.

But probably a bit too naive of us. Mm.

There's 115 there. Can we have that to rupiah, please?

Perfect, thank you. Thank you.Thank you.

You've saved our life.

There she comes.

That a Cathay? Yeah, 1820.

Need to get better at my wingtails.

It feels nice to just sit down, you know, and chill

after what's been definitely the most stressful day on the race.

Yeah, I think today, realising we might be two days away

from completing what looks like something so insurmountable.

You know, 50 days and £1,400 race budget and... Yeah.

Hokkaido to Lombok. Yeah.

You think, "Oh, yeah!"

And then you're doing it and you're chipping away each day

and it's just like...this is so hard. It is hard.

And I think today I just came crashing down

to how hard the past seven weeks have been

and I just kind of got a light bulb moment that, do you know what,

I will take pride in just finishing.

Don't get me wrong, you know,

I'm saying all these things that kind of make it sound

like the desire to win is less - it's absolutely not -

but just with every passing hour,

I'm coming round to the idea of pride if we, if we don't win.

Regardless. Good.

If my mum was to say one thing about me doing the race, it would be...

..just, just enjoy it.

Don't get frustrated, don't get caught up on all the little things.

Just remember that there isn't long.

So live it whilst you can.

Malang. Yeah, yeah.

Malang?

Think there's a job in Malang. Oh, is there? Yeah, like painting stuff.

We might as well stack up as much cash as we can. Absolutely.

POUNDING MUSIC PLAYS

Oh. This bus is basically a disco on wheels.

Your shit dance moves.

Welcome to the bus taking you to where you need to go,

going to Malang, Malang, Malang.

MUSIC CONTINUES, BASS POUNDS

Oh, this music is shite.

Just turn the bass down, man.

I can't bear it.

Ooh, egg.

Cor. Phwoar, tinky pinky.

Yeah, wow.

Stephen. What? Come and see this.

Look at that bit down there,

see it all bubbling?

God, do you think it's going to erupt?

Quick, ru-u-u-un!

Pwi-ssssh!

Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire,

Java was formed by volcanic eruptions

20 million years ago.

Wow. Oh.

Today, it has 45 active volcanoes,

including Tangkuban Parahu,

the so-called upturned boat.

But it's a wonder of nature, isn't it?

Oh, it is amazing.

It's really quite dramatic.

Got 7.5 million.

Yeah. The plan is not to spend it.

No buying ice creams.

Following the tourist trail through the south,

Stephen and Viv are booked on a train to Yogyakarta,

411km away.

But first...

Hmm.

..there's time for a cup of java.

60,000 yeah.

Oh, it's a one-off.

It's quite mild, isn't it?

Yeah, it's like a, a mocha.

Don't you ever go on at me for that five baht ice cream

that I had, you're having a 60,000 coffee.

I have barely mentioned it today.

It's £3, that. Yeah.

How much was my ice cream?

50.

10 pence.

Just saying.

Feeling rather positive about the last leg.

It all comes down to this.

Mm.

We've got some budget to spare.

It is chucking it down. I know.

But I plan to spend as little of it as I can

to get ourselves as far as we can as fast as we can.

TRAIN ANNOUNCEMENT: Malang station.

We're here.

Let's do this.

After being held up, Isabel and Eugenie finally arrive in Malang.

We're looking for a train to Ketapang.

It's already full?

They're looking to leave Java for Bali

via the port of Ketapang,

300km away.

Bus from here...

..5pm.

Nothing earlier than five?

Nothing morning.

Taxi.

K... Ketapang.

Two million. Two million. Ooh, no!

That's too expensive.

We've got about 5.5 million left, I think.

Once we hit Bali, we can start going crazy

but I don't think it's worth us spending two million on a taxi.

For mother and daughter, onward travel once again comes with a wait.

It's quite frustrating

because it feels like there's a lot of stopping and starting.

But we're hoping we can explore the area.

Oh, wow.

Crazy, all of the different colours.

They're bright colours, aren't they?

That's really cool.

In downtown Malang, the rainbow village of Jodipan.

Eight years ago, a partnership between students, artists,

and a local paint company

helped turn this former shanty town

into a colourful tourist attraction.

I swear we always pick, like, the messiest jobs to do.

This £20 that we're going to get today,

it might be the difference between getting a taxi

and having to wait for a bus to Lombok.

Yeah.

Oh, shit. Oh, God, it's Alfie and Owen.

ISABEL AND EUGENIE LAUGH

BLEEP

Hello!

Hello. Where have you come from?

That's good timing.

Oh, this is funny.

Oh.

Hiya!

Oh.

You missed a bit, Owen, look.

Up there. Yeah, yeah, all right, get a move on.

Yeah, get a move on. Move on, go away, we'll see you in Lombok.

ISABEL AND EUGENIE LAUGH

Neck and neck.

We are neck and neck, it's not much. But they clearly have to work.

Yeah, you're right.

But I do know that would have thrown them completely.

Yeah, yeah. Poor Alfie.

Yeah.

I shouldn't laugh.

For God's sake!

They just come out of nowhere.

They just seem so confident.

They strutted through here like...

I don't think I've ever seen them that confident.

And that's worrying. Oh, shit. You know.

Their whole thing about being short on money,

I think they're lying about it, to be honest.

They could be planning a taxi today, tomorrow in Bali.

They could be doing the s... They could be thinking the same as us.

If they are, then it comes down to a foot race in Lombok.

This is going to be so close.

It'll be tighter than I thought it was going to be.

This is going to be... Very close.

It'll be minutes. Oh, yeah. This'll be minutes. Yeah.

It's not been easy. No. Being in each other's company for 24/7.

But I'm pleased that we've had the chance to spend time together.

I've seen you grow and I'm amazed at how you can process information.

It's been nice to have some of those memories.

Qua... And quality time. And quality time, yes, just the two of us.

I don't necessarily feel like I've missed out on as much now

because I think for me, a lot of it was the time we could have spent

connecting emotionally when I was younger,

but now we've kind of had that.

Yeah, it's been good. It's been good.

It's been really good. Yeah.

Oh, my days.

This requires muscles.

I'm never going to look at salt the same.

19km outside of Cirebon,

on Java's north coast,

a huge expanse of man-made shallow basins

filled with sea water.

Hey, get off my salt!

The hell!

HE LAUGHS

As the sun climbs, the water evaporates,

leaving behind salt crystals,

a traditional process unchanged for centuries.

This bag's so heavy.

A bit weird that it's, like, the last working experience of the trip

but our race has just been a series of peaks and troughs.

Agh!

And when things haven't gone right,

those sort of bumps along the way,

they've helped us develop that can-do attitude

and just throw everything at it.

Oh, no. Oh, no, the mud! Aargh!

THEY LAUGH

THEY STRAIN

Sweating buckets.

But we have to earn this money.

Without it, we'd be screwed.

We've managed to sort of secure ourselves two more hours

to earn some more and it is needed to get to the finish line.

A bit more confidence behind us, now we can race ahead.

I've never sweated out of my hands before, but...

..they're now rivers and they're now just...like sponges,

I can squeeze the moisture out of them.

It's so hot.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

Terima kasih. Thank you so much for your help. Thank you.

Crazy to think that whatever we are carrying with us

is all we have left to finish this race.

Like, we can use all of it up trying to win.

Betty!

SHE LAUGHS

The whole school had come out to see us.

It's sort of, um,

don't know, a little bit of motivation, perhaps,

to...people cheering us on.

Bye! Bye!

KIDS: Bye!

Aw!

At the far east of Java,

the port of Ketapang...

..crossing point to the island of Bali.

I really want to see Eugenie and Isabel on here,

because I think they've taken the lead overnight.

So seeing them on here would give me a lot of reassurance.

Excuse me, excuse me. when does this leave?

Bali?Yeah. One hour.One hour.

No, nothing sooner?

OK.

Minutes count today and, like, a whole hour delayed

is a lot of time lost, you know,

a whole hour is an hour not travelling through Bali

or an hour not getting to, to Lombok.

Today, standing still is not acceptable.

Mm. This is not OK.

To the west...

We just need the fastest way to get to Bali.

Oh, you need the bus?

A bus from Yogyakarta to Ketapang.

Yeah. So 11 hours. 11 hours.

Still got a long way to go.

Unless we get a taxi.

STEPHEN SIGHS HEAVILY

Stephen and Viv have reached Yogyakarta,

still 600km short of the port of Ketapang.

Taxi service.

To Ketapang, minimum price...

Yogya-Ketapang, minimum price 2.5 million.

Agh!

It's an awful lot of money.

Yeah. Gets us there a lot quicker. But it gets us there.

I don't know, I don't... Just don't know.

I just don't know. I mean, we've got the budget, so we could do it.

Oh, Gordon Bennett! We're not...

I've got to sit down, I'm sorry. Yeah, OK. Jeez.

The other option is the just past midnight train from here

which gets us in tomorrow morning.

With £360,

or seven million rupiah in the bank,

husband and wife have a big decision to make.

A taxi seems quite a lot, but it gets us right there, so...

Still means you've got to cross Bali.

You've still got two ferries. Yeah.

I'm just not convinced that the taxi at this stage

is the sensible value gain.

I think Stephen is a little bit tighter with the purse strings

than I've been. I think he can't bear the thought

that we would actually not be able to finish due to money.

I think the tickets for the train

are probably going to be half a million. Yeah.

I think, then, that's decision made.

Yeah. We'll get the train. Yeah.

We know when it goes, then we can park it. Yeah.

Rest for today.

And we arrive tomorrow at 6.34,

armed with 2 million saved on this one

that we can then get a taxi from there. We'll get the train.

SHIP HORN BLARES

I'm trotting.

600 miles to the east...

We're moving, we're moving. Yeah.

Looks as if the ferry's leaving

half an hour before we were expecting it to.

..Eugenie and Isabel are on their way to Bali.

I'm feeling really good this morning.

We're going to get the taxis that we need to,

we're going to get to where we need to as quickly as we need to.

It's going to be good.

ISABEL AND EUGENIE: Bye!

Bye!

THEY LAUGH

On the other side of the Bali strait...

Oh, that is quite... It's tight.

Nnh! Oh, this is ridiculous.

Well, it looks nice.

Welcome to Bali.

Indonesia's only province with a Hindu majority,

the island of the gods,

attracts visitors drawn to its sun and surf,

and those searching for their inner hippy.

But Alfie and Owen don't intend

to hang around long enough to smell the incense.

SHIP HORN BLARES

I think foot passengers are meant to wait for vehicles.

That's usually how a ferry works,

but I've got absolutely no interest in the rules today, so...

..we'll be walking off before anyone else drives off.

Let's go.

You think? Let's go.

Come on, no time to lose.

Transport! We need taxi!

Let's splurge.

They're speeding straight across the island to the port of Padangbai,

where they can cross to Lombok and the finish line.

Uh, Padangbai, how much? 800.

800. 800.

How, how long will it take? How many hours?

Five, five. Five hours. Five hours. Right, let's go, let's go.

We need to be fast. Yeah. 800's cheap.

We had about three million ready to hand over,

so 800,000 is... I'm not even going to bother haggling.

We need to go fast.

We're in a race, let's go.

JAMES:Train station, Ketapang? What? Ketapang?

Train station?

BETTY:Train. Choo-choo!

All aboard.

BETTY IMITATES TRAIN

This way? Thank you. Here, here. Thank you. Thank you.

BETTY LAUGHS

With their budget now in healthier shape...

Oh.

..Betty and James are ready to make their move to Ketapang.

Excuse me. Excuse me, is the train station this way?

Six hours away by train,

if they can make the right connection.

Hello. Um, we want to go to Ketapang port.

At 2pm. 2pm.

Online. Only online. Yes.

We don't have a phone.

Uh.

You can go into big station.

Big station. Let's go.

Come on!

I am slightly wary that it might sell out.

Oh, BLEEP.

That's not gone well.

HORN BEEPS OK, come on.

Um, we want to buy tickets to Ketapang, two o'clock.

No, this is already full up.

Oh, no.

No-no-no, no, no, no, no.

Fully booked.

Is there any later?

Yes, uh, 10.45.

Tonight? At night? Tonight, yes.

Yeah. OK. Mm!

THEY SIGH

Yeah, we flagged down taxis, we...

Obviously, we can't control the traffic, but...

..we like to think we got there as quick as possible

and, yeah, find out the two o'clock was sold out.

Yeah, it's frustrating because it would have, you know,

been six hours, we'd have got there in decent time,

hopefully maybe even been in Bali tonight.

The next one was 10.45.

Yeah.

Oh, well.

Erm.. I think because...

..like, the end is so close,

it's just like everything feels frustrating

if it doesn't slot into place, which it hasn't.

Obviously, it would be lovely to win it, but...

I just think, like, we'll go home with so much,

regardless of what place we come. Yeah.

You mentioned that you never thought about talking about, like,

your children thing and everything like that... Mm. ..with anyone.

Yeah. But to be able to do it within seven weeks... Yeah.

I do just think that as we grow older, like, into adults,

that there might be conversations that come up that are more...

Yeah.

Sensitive.

Yeah.

Erm... Or adult-ery.

Adultery, can't say that!

Can't say that.

SHE LAUGHS Uh. Adultive?

Yeah, I just think if there ever came a time

where we did need that advice

but we didn't really know who to go to...

..like... Mm. ..we do have each other.

I am thankful for that.

Suddenly, things don't seem as scary any more.

What a crazy adventure.

Oh, there's monkeys.

No, there's not. I'm telling you, look, look, there's more.

Where? There's monkeys. They wouldn't be on the ground.

They're on the ground. Look. Oh, my God. Told you.

Taking in the scenery as they go...

The vibe feels quite different here.

Looks quite oriental.

..Eugenie and Isabel are crossing Bali for the port of Padangbai.

Lots of coconut trees.

You said not all palm trees have coconuts on them, Mum.

No, they don't. But these do.

THEY LAUGH

So we want to go to Bangsal. We just want the ferry.

The ferry only. Yeah. Or, or a fast boat.

No fast boat.

No fast boat? Fast boat tomorrow.

Fast boats tomorrow.

Right now, it's slow ferry.

Slow ferry. So how long does it take?

Four hours. And it take one hour to Bangsal.

The only way to sail for Lombok after dark

is a five-hour ferry to the port of Lembar,

50km south of Bangsal.

And then when we land in Lombok, straight away, Bangsal.

Our price is 4.5 million.

That's fine. That's fine. We just want to get there quickly.

I know some like you, uh, with video.

Someone else has been here.

Empat jam.

Empat jam. Empat jam.

Four hours ago.

ANNOUNCEMENT OVER LOUDSPEAKER

But he said he saw two boys four hours earlier.

He did.

OK.

So they'd be ahead of us.

The race has not ended yet.

It's human nature to feel a little bit deflated,

but we're not going to give up.

As mother and daughter depart for Lombok...

..arriving there...

We get off here, we've got a two-hour drive

and then we're in Bangsal. We've done what we can.

We've hit every spot today.

What an experience. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

..Alfie and Owen have the end in sight.

Bangsal. Bangsal?

Yes, please. One hour. One hour. OK.

The whole journey, like 1,200 hours of my life, has gone into this.

I'm excited now.

Back on Java...

This is great, isn't it?

There's streets down there full of people.

..the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy.

After dark...

Oh, look. This looks good, doesn't it?

..Yogyakarta springs to life...

We're going partying. Yes.

..the perfect place for Stephen and Viv

to pass time before their onward train at midnight.

Gordon Bennett! Oh!

God, that is just horrible, isn't it?

Urgh!

I've got a towel in my bag, we can dry off.

I know. My coat is in my bag as well. Ugh!

I didn't think we knew the race would be this hard.

No. God, no.

Uh, it is exhausting.

It is, uh, draining, it's absolutely emotional.

But I, I think as a pair,

we've actually come out of it really well.

I think it's, it's made me see qualities in you

that I fell in love with.

Go on, tell me, tell me, tell me.

Well, no, you used to be...

See, this is, this is where you won't like it, you see.

Well, move on, then, move on. Yeah. Move on.

Because you used to be...

Move on. It's all right. ..a happy-go-lucky

..kind of rufty-tufty,

and now you're all sort of precious about everything.

I, uh... Oof!

I suppose.

God, dear me. Right, OK.

So, the question that I would ask myself is..

..do I deserve you, I suppose.

And I think sometimes I feel as if I need to...

..keep doing things and keep seeking your reassurance

because I worry that I'm not enough for you.

But you are enough for me.

You're more than enough, you're quite a challenge for me, actually.

Er, I'm not sure this is getting any better.

SHE LAUGHS

# ..dancing in the dark

# With you between my arms... #

I think I've recognised in some ways...

..why I'm the way I am.

I do need Viv around me, I need her security, I need her safety net,

I need her love, I need her affection, I need to be near her.

# You look perfect tonight... #

I think we've come to the point

when I don't think we can win this race

but I'm pleased with what we've done and what we've learned

and who we are -

something I wouldn't have imagined that the race was about.

# Darling, you look perfect tonight. #

MUSIC ENDS

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

We're really close to the finish line now.

Back on Lombok...

This is Bangsal.

This is Bangsal.

Yeah.

Everything's shut.

There's nothing anywhere.

Is there like a central bit?

Are we near a beach?

Beach... This is it.

Bangsal might not actually be the finish.

There might be, like, another small island somewhere.

BEEPING

Right, catch a boat to Gili Meno and await further instructions.

Oh.

Gili Meno? Don't know where that is.

Off the coast of Bangsal,

three tiny islands.

On the smallest, Gili Meno,

the finish line.

Gili Meno - first one's at nine.

There's no boats, so can't go until the morning.

Only safely accessible by boats in the hours of daylight...

..and the sun's not up for more than four hours.

If we can get here as early as possible

and get the quickest option, basically. Yeah.

We're probably going to see the other two.

Well, that's great.

Bangsal. We need to get there quickly.

That's it, that's it. Yes.

Good, good.

I've prayed and I've prayed hard.

We are winning this race.

They're there, they're right there, they're right there.

Oh. I just, I can't, I can't, I can't do...

I can't compute this at this time in the morning.

I think I just feel like we've lost. I just feel... I just feel defeated.

For me, that's just not the way to think, you know.

We're still in this. You know, we've proved to ourselves

so many times how giving up is just not an option.

I know it's hard to stay in a positive mental head space,

but it's what we need right now. We just need to push through.

Yeah, you're right.

Yeah? Let's go. Let's go.

Catch a boat to Gili Meno and await further instructions.

Yeah, we need to get a boat from here.

Oh, they're there.

Oh, God. It's Alfie and Owen.

Morning. Good morning.

If they were telling the truth, Eugenie and Isabel

might not even be able to afford a speedboat, which we can,

so they're not going to be ahead of us. If anything,

they'll be neck and neck with us or behind us.

First foot race, we lost, we lost because we were stupid...

Went the wrong way, yeah. As long as we keep a cool head,

and we work together like we do, then I think we'll win.

Potentially, it's going to be a foot race.

So we've already beaten them in a foot race once.

We can do it again. Yeah.

I can see people.

SHE SPEAKS INDONESIAN

Excuse me. Gili Meno.

MAN:Do you want to go with a speedboat? Yes, please. Yeah.

ISABEL:Speedboat to Gili Meno, please.

Which one, this one? Yeah.

How much?

800,000.

Yeah. Yeah? Yeah. Yeah, that's fine. It's good.

Right, so they've sorted theirs out.

They've sorted something else out as well. OK.

MAN:When do you want to go? Soon as possible.

We're racing those two girls there.

MAN:Yeah? We're in a race. We need to beat them.

So we need to beat them.

Mm, seven o'clock?

Earlier. We'll be ready to go at 6.45.

We're racing to get to Meno.

Want to be in faster... Faster than them.

Yeah? 6.45.

If we get there first...

Yeah? ..$25 tip for you.

The only thing that can let us down here is us going the wrong way.

Is us. That's it. This is going to be so tight.

Waiting across the water, the finish line.

And for the winners, a prize of £20,000.

Oh, my God, this is so...

Where is he?

Where's he gone?

Can we give you the rest now?

Get ready.

Yes. Good?

Good, good, good.

Go, go!

Go, go, go, go, go.

Get on the other side, get on the other side, get on the other side.

Oh, it's faster.

Absolutely balling it.

Yes, my friend! Yes, my friend!

Go, go!

Whoo!

They're in our chop, they're in the wake.

Whoa!

Ha-ha!

All of the lessons that we've learnt since leaving Sapporo 49 days ago,

we've got to take into action now.

Everything has come down to this. Everything.

We're going to be smart, Isabel. Focused and smart. Yeah.

Go, go, go, go.

They're already running, I can see them.

Are they running now? Yeah, they're already off there.

Don't worry about them,

they'll run in the wrong direction, you watch them.

"Proceed on foot to the Masjid mosque."

Hiya, can we leave our bags here?

EUGENIE:Thank you.

Masjid mosque?

Yeah? Keep going. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

"Proceed on foot to the Masjid mosque."

We need to drop our bags.

Terima kasih. Let's go.

Masjid mosque.

Masjid mosque. You don't know?

Masjid, Masjid mosque. Masjid mosque. Don't know?

Mum, come on. I can't see no mosque around.

Hope we haven't gone in the wrong direction.

Masjid mosque? Masjid? Yeah, Masjid mosque.

That way. Is it that, is it there? It's this?

OK, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Dimana Masjid mosque? Straight?

Thank you.

BEEPING

"Head north at the badminton court..." Shit. "..to Seri resort.

"Race along the shore to the finish line."

Right, the badminton court was back there. Yeah.

I saw the badminton court. Right. North along there.

I didn't bring the compass, but... We can use the sun.

Where was that badminton court?

BEEPING "Head north at the badminton court

"to the Seri resort."

Mum, come on, this way.

Ooh.

That's it, there it is. That's a volleyball court.

That's a volleyball court. Is that what you saw?

Um, no.

I think we're going the wrong way.

Dimana badminton?

That way? This way, Mum.

Ah, badminton court.

Right, head north, head north. Down that path. Down that path.

No, no, hang on, hang on, hang on.

Oh.

What way does it, uh, rise? Hang on.

That way.

What, straight on?

Um...

Think about it.

This is going to be east, yeah? Uh, north, sorry.

W... No, that way? I don't know.

Like, shit!

Dimana Seri resort?

Uh, yes. This way. Yeah?

You have to turn left, then right.

OK, thank you.

North, east, south, west.

Coming over, yeah, so it's got to be this way, surely.

Did he say at the junction, turn right? Yeah.

Let's take a right, he said take a right.

Come on, come on!

Is it on the beach, did it say?

It says, "Along the shore to the finish line."

Let's go.

Where the hell is it?

What's that there?

Oh, yeah, that's it.

Go, go, go!

THEY SIGH

"Congratulations.

"You have successfully reached the finish line.

"Please sign in overleaf to find out

"if you have won the race and £20,000."

All right, ready? Come, on then.

Right. Three, two... One.

YAAAAAY! WE WON!

Come here.

YES!

Well done. COME ON!

Oh, my God.

That's it. Whoo!

LAUGHING:YES!

Ah, I love you, man. Come here.

Oh!

We've done it. We have done it.

We came, we saw. We conquered.

We succeeded. Best moment of my life. Oh, yeah.

Like, undeniably. Unbelievable. It's the best moment of my life.

Oh. OK. We did it.

We've come in a good second.

Yeah. If we were to lose to anybody,

we always said that we wanted to lose to Alfie and Owen, so... Yeah.

They're deserving of it as well. They've worked hard.

I'm just proud we made it to the book, managed to sign in.

We've learnt so much about each other

and we've had such an amazing time.

Yeah, it's been really good.

You know, we've been on an absolute roller-coaster of a journey.

Agh!

There's been so many times where we could have thrown in the towel

and we've just never, ever taken no for an answer.

I turned 21 on the race, so I quite literally have grown up

while I've been out here.

There's so many times where we could have fallen,

but we held it together so well.

You know, we realised our friendship is bigger than any race decision.

We're really proud of what we've achieved

and we've achieved this together.

We've just got some wonderful memories that no-one can take away,

these are the memories that we're going to share together.

It's been really nice connecting with Mum.

But it's definitely enabled us to actually work on our relationship.

ISABEL SCREAMS

Oh, Isabel!

I'm really proud of you. All right?

Yeah, thanks. You too, you've done well.

Hi! Hello.

Whoops! Well done. Congratulations.

Well done. Seriously, well done.

Oh, we're in deep water here, aren't we?

Well done. Well done. Well done, Alfie.

It's been really, really tough. It's been bloody hard.

It's been tough. It's been hard, innit, yeah.

But 50, we've done 50 days.

That's not bad. Crazy. And we've come this close,

and only a few minutes separated us. Yeah. Again.

My competitive ego is completely satisfied.

I'm so proud of us and everything that we've done.

It's, um, it's an incredible moment.

Well done. We're surprised we even made it. Yeah.

I am surprised you made it,

considering you said you had money worries.

Was that a lie, your money worries? We've got loads of money. Yeah.

EUGENIE LAUGHS

Ooh, my calf muscles are hurting.

Stay with me, gorgeous, come on.

Bloody filthy. I only just washed my shoes.

Is that the book?

Yeah, it's there. Oh, my God.

Oh. Go, go, go.

Ready? Yeah.

Oh. Oh. Well done, the boys.

Got here yesterday.

That's so good. Well done.

The fact we've made it by the skin of our teeth...

We got here with a pound left. Yeah.

I think Mum and Dad would be so impressed with our budgeting skills.

We said no matter what, all we wanted to do is complete.

Yeah. Um, and, yeah to come in third and not fourth,

I guess that's the bonus, isn't it? Yeah.

We weren't really the brother and sister

that kind of relied on each other

or went to each other for advice or anything like that, were we?

No. I think coming away from this experience,

we've learnt how to communicate better

and we've now got an extra person to lean on if we need it.

Yeah. Well done.

Proud of you. Oh, proud of you, too!

Come on, beautiful.

Oh. There's a book in the water.

Oh. It's too deep there.

Would you believe it!

THEY SIGH

Ah. Ah.

Alfie and Owen. Ah, yeah.

Well done, well done.

Ah. Well done, my lovely. Oh, it's been a... Oh. ..epic journey.

Gutted we're not winning, obviously.

Yeah. So pleased for the boys.

Yeah. Good on 'em.

We've ended up, I think, with about 1.2 million.

We've got enough to buy a boat. Mm, yeah.

What a journey. Yeah.

This is the end of the biggest adventure of our lives. Yeah.

Think we've come closer together as a team

and I think it'll just make us appreciate what we have.

We're still standing.

We're still married. Yes!

It's the longest time we've spent away from home and together.

Honestly, I thought spending eight weeks with you

was going to be a lot harder than it was.

I thought it was going to be horrendous after,

like, six, five, six weeks. It's been all right.

It's been fine.

Cheers, mate. Cheers.