Retired Rutland couple to feature on BBC One’s Race Across the World

A retired Rutland couple will battle it out in a Race Across the World against four other duos.

Stephen, 61, and wife Viv, 65, are among the pairs featuring on the fourth series of the BBC One show which returns on Wednesday, April 10.

Eastern Asia is this year’s route, and the five intrepid duos will battle it out in a breath-taking 15,000 kilometres race across several countries.

From northernmost Japan, they will cross six seas and eight borders, skirting the path of the volcanic ring of fire - the most geologically unstable region on the planet to reach the finish line in Lombok, an idyllic Indonesian island paradise.

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As well as Stephen and Viv, the teams include: two mother and daughter duos, Brydie and Sharon and Eugenie and Isabel; best friends, Alfie and Owen; and brother and sister, Betty and James.

Leaving behind their smartphones, internet access and bank cards, the race will test the five teams like never before, pushing them to both their physical and emotional limits. But with their feet on the ground, and their eyes wide open the rewards will be great, and the memories will be everlasting.

Only one team can emerge victorious as they all vie to be first and claim the cash prize of £20,000.