Race Around the World

Season 1

21 episodes · Jun 2, 1997

Eight budding film documentary makers spend 100 days traveling the globe, with only a digital video camera to keep them company. In that time they produce ten mini-documentaries, four minutes long. These are judged back in the studio often with controversial results.

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  • S1E1

    The Race to "Race Around the World"

    Jun 2, 199728m

    Takes you through the highs and lows of the 8 lucky "Racers" who were chosen out of 16 finalists, as they embark on their journey.

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  • S1E2

    Story One - Part One

    Jun 9, 199730m

    Kim Trail reports from Peru, John Safran gets himself locked in a stairwell in Japan, Ben Davies introduces us to a traditional wood carver in Irian Jaya and Olivia Rousett finds herself on the set of a porn movie in LA.

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  • S1E3

    Story One - Part Two

    Jun 16, 199728m

    Daniel Marsden introduces us to a dealer in Acapulco, Bentley Dean takes us to the Thai-Burmese Border to meet a folk singer, Claudia Rowe visits a man in New Zealand who loves his cat Judy and Scott Herford meets a tattoo artist in Manila.

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  • S1E4

    Story Two - Part One

    Jun 23, 199728m

    Olivia Rousset treks through the jungle of Belize, Ben Davies is in Russia where the people are fighting political upheaval, Claudia Rowe is in Costa Rica and John Safran takes a wild trip in the back of an ambulance in Bombay, India.

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  • S1E5

    Story Two - Part Two

    Jun 30, 199728m

    Bentley Dean reports from Thailand, Kim Traill visits a remote Hacienda in Bolivia, Daniel Marsden searches for a story in Peru and Scott Herford finds what it takes to be an Indian Sadhu.

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  • S1E6

    Story Three - Part One

    Jul 7, 199729m

    Scott Herford reports from Lamu on the locals, Olivia Rousset is in Canada with the Hutterite people, Bentley Dean is in Siberia with a Melbourne band and Kim Tarill is in Mexico.

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  • S1E7

    Story Three - Part Two

    Jul 14, 199728m

    Ben Davies finds himself in China with no access to money, Daniel Marsden meets two French Canadian's in love but are unable to be together, John Safran meets a leading anarchist in the UK and Claudia Rowe hits the streets of Cuba.

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  • S1E8

    Story Four - Part One

    Jul 21, 199727m

    Daniel Marsden meets a film extra in Iceland, Olivia Rousset reports on a poor housing estate in Scotland, Claudia Rowe is in Trinidad where she meets a local singer, and Bentley Dean goes to a remote part of Mongolia.

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  • S1E9

    Story Four - Part Two

    Jul 28, 199728m

    In tonight's episode: Scott Herford exposes money-hungry Egyptians in Cairo, Kim Traill goes to Botswana, Ben Davies meets up with Darren in the UK, and John Safran goes to the Ivory Coast and tries to have a curse put on his ex-girlfriend.

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  • S1E10

    Story Five - Part One

    Aug 4, 199728m

    Bentley Dean meets a vigilante group called Pagad in South Africa, Claudia Rowe enters an exclusive club - for Ferrets, Olivia Rousset meets Albanian refugees and Daniel Marsden is in London with a few men who "Train Spot" for a hobby.

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  • S1E11

    Story Five - Part Two

    Aug 11, 199728m

    Kim has an all girl coffee party in Ethiopia, Scott travels in Morocco, Ben meets notorious lawyer Jacques Verges in Paris and John is baptised a black protestant in the Invory Coast.

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  • S1E12

    Story Six - Part One

    Aug 18, 199729m

    Daniel meets a singer in Cairo, Ben meets a Zulu boy trying to maintain his culture, Kim explores the cultural difference in Yemen and Bentley goes to experience the Glastonbury Festival.

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  • S1E13

    Story Six - Part Two

    Aug 25, 199729m

    Claudia Rowe searches for a man whose name means "Sledgehammer" in Mongolia, John Safran talks to a Catholic Priest in Sicily about exorcisms, Scott Herford has dinner with a French girl in Paris and Olivia Rousset attends a funeral in Ghana.

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  • S1E14

    Story Seven - Part One

    Sep 1, 199728m

    Olivia Rousset goes to the races in Mauritius, John Safran is in Lebanon exploring the issue of men having more than one wife, Claudia Rowe goes to Norway and meets a woman named Annalise and Daniel Marsden goes to India where he meets Raj.

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  • S1E15

    Story Seven - Part Two

    Sep 8, 199729m

    Scott Herford profiles a little boy in Ios practising photography, Kim Traill goes to Pakistan and meets an Afghani refugee, Ben Davies takes to the waters off the coast of Mozambique and Bentley Dean goes to Lapland in the Arctic circle.

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  • S1E16

    Story Eight - Part One

    Sep 15, 199727m

    Ben Davies meets a reggae singer in Jamaica, Daniel Marsden goes to Nepal to meet Yak herders, Scott Herford discovers the art of cooking guinea pigs and Olivia Rousset meets the self-declared king of Kowloon in Hong Kong.

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  • S1E17

    Story Eight - Part Two

    Sep 22, 199728m

    Bentley Dean is in Boston with a photographer who takes photos of naked people, Kim Traills is in Kazakhstan, Claudia Rowe goes to Vukovar and John Safran goes to Jerusalem to pay homage to St Kilda football club.

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  • S1E18

    Story Nine - Part One

    Sep 29, 199728m

    Kim Traill contemplates life as a shepherds wife in Kyrgyzstan, Bentley Dean is in Thailand and Ben Davies goes to Los Llanos in Venezuela to wrestle with crocodiles.

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  • S1E19

    Story Nine - Part Two

    Oct 6, 199729m

    Claudia Rowe is in Syria where she enjoys Middle Eastern hospitality, Daniel Marsden experiences the Tokyo subway system, Olivia Rousset is in Vietnam where the passion for dance is being rekindled and Scott Herford travels around San Jose.

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  • S1E20

    Story Ten - Part One

    Oct 13, 199728m

    Ben Davies is in Guatemala tempting fate on the local buses, Scott Herford interviews two belly dancers in Egypt, Bentley Dean is in Mexico and Claudia Rowe discovers the significance of soccer to the locals of Senegal.

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  • S1E21

    Story Ten - Part Two (Finale)

    Oct 26, 199755m

    Olivia Rousett meets the youth of Japan known as the 'tissue people', Kim Traill is in Laos and discovers the life of a monk, John Safran introduces a new look at Disneyland and Daniel Marsden comes home to the Torres Strait.

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