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S1.E1 ∙ Episode #1.1

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

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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S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Daniel Marsden: Playa Azul, Mexico "The Bait, the Big Fish and the One that Got Away" Bentley Dean: Thai/Burma border "The Buds Will Bloom" Claudia Rowe: Te Kuiti, New Zealand "Alf Loves Judy" Scott Herford: Manila, The Philippines "The Last Canvas"

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S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Olivia Rousset: San Ignacio, Belize "Xibalba: The Maya Underworld"; Ben Davies: Vladivostok, Russia "Got a Light, or how to succeed in darkness"; Claudia Rowe: San Jose, Costa Rica "Arrivals"; John Safran: Mumbai, India "Ambulance Chaser"

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S1.E4 ∙ Episode #1.4

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Bentley Dean: Na Soi, Thailand "Come and See"; Kim Traill: Monteagudo, Bolivia "Hacienda Ipati"; Daniel Marsden: Trujillo, Perú "The Swell Flat Spell"; Scott Herford: Hampi, India "The Secret of the Sadhu"

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S1.E5 ∙ Episode #1.5

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Scott Herford: Lamu, Kenya "Tourists and Guides"; Olivia Rousset: Winnipeg, Canada "das volk (The People)"; Bentley Dean: Novosibirsk, Russia "Hoodangers in Siberia"; Kim Traill: Chiapas, Mexico "Songs of Innocents"

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S1.E6 ∙ Episode #1.6

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Ben Davies: Beijing, China "China Plates"; Daniel Marsden: Normandin, Canada "Timber Town Love"; John Safran: Bristol, England "Anarchy in the Renault Family Hatchback"; Claudia Rowe: Havana, Cuba "Feeling the Look"

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S1.E7 ∙ Episode #1.7

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Daniel Marsden: Reykjavik, Iceland "Portrait of an Icelandic Extra"; Olivia Rousset: Isle of Skye and Glasgow, Scotland "The Real McCoy"; Claudia Rowe: Port of Spain, Trinidad "Two Days with Manralph E D Frederick"; Bentley Dean: South Gobi Desert, Mongolia "Tsetseg Hiagtt Wall of Flowers"

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S1.E8 ∙ Episode #1.8

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Scott Herford: Cairo, Egypt "Pyramid Selling, or Baksheedshed featuring Magdi (Camelman Extraordinaire)"; Kim Traill: Kalahari, Botswana "The Last Trance"; Ben Davies: London, UK "A Drink with Darren"; John Safran: Abidjan, Ivory Coast "The Right to Bare Grudges"

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S1.E9 ∙ Episode #1.9

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Bentley Dean: Durban, South Africa "Ayob and Gamat: Perspectives on Crime"; Claudia Rowe: Miami, USA "For Ferrets Only"; Olivia Rousset: Aegina, Greece "The Aphaia of Aegina"; Daniel Marsden: London, UK "Trainspotting"

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S1.E10 ∙ Episode #1.10

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Kim Traill: Lalibela, Ethiopia "Lalibela Dreams"; Scott Herford: Marrakech, Morocco "Wouter and Liesbeth have two Cats (A Moroccan Road Trip)"; Ben Davies: Paris, France "The Devil's Advocate"; John Safran: Abidjah, Ivory Coast "Mum, I'm Not Jewish Anymore"

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S1.E11 ∙ Episode #1.11

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Daniel Marsden: Cairo, Egypt "Love Song"; Ben Davies: Durban, South Africa "Not Just Hunting for Food"; Kim Traill: Al Mahwit, Yemen "Did Allah Say That?"; Bentley Dean: Glastonbury, UK "Welcome to Glastonbury"

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S1.E12 ∙ Episode #1.12

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Claudia Rowe: Altai, Mongolia "Jigsaw of a Sledgehammer"; John Safran: Biancavilla, Italy "Father Pino vs the Devil"; Scott Herford: Nice, France "My Dinner with Sophie"; Olivia Rousset: Accra, Ghana "Ga Yala"

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S1.E13 ∙ Episode #1.13

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Claudia Rowe: Reka, Syria "Mohammad Loves You (they all do)" and Daniel Marsden: Tokyo, Japan "Trains of Thought"

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S1.E14 ∙ Episode #1.14

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Olivia Rousset: Port Louis, Mauritius "Ah Vee and Mr Moneybags"; John Safran: Lebanon "Mohammad's Guide to Busting a Move"; Claudia Rowe: Oslo, Norway "She Knows Herself"; Daniel Marsden: Varanasi, India "Raj"

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S1.E15 ∙ Episode #1.15

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Scott Herford: Ios, Greece "Ios Boy"; Kim Traill: Chitral, Pakistan "...Just Passing the Time"; Ben Davies: Maputo, Mozambique "Handful of Mud"; Bentley Dean: Raittijärvi, Finland "Raittijärvi"

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S1.E16 ∙ Episode #1.16

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Daniel Marsden: Dhunche, Nepal "Daily Milk"; Scott Herford: San Sebastian, Perú "Good Friends, Good Food"; Olivia Rousset: Hong Kong, China "The King of Kowloon"

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S1.E17 ∙ Episode #1.17

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Bentley Dean: Boston, USA "Spencer Tunick - Naked States Tour"; Kim Traill: Almaty, Kazakhstan "The Importance of Being Chechen"; Claudia Rowe: Vukovar, Croatia "Signs of Life"; John Safran: Jerusalem, Israel "Football's My Religion"

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S1.E18 ∙ Episode #1.18

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Kim Traill: Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan "The Babakanovs of Barskoon"; Bentley Dean: Mae Sot, Thailand "3 Minutes and 54 Seconds in a Clinic for Karen Refugees"; Ben Davies: Los Llanos, Venezuela "Visiting Mum"; John Safran: Excerpt from his Race Around the World application video.

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S1.E19 ∙ Episode #1.19

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Ben Davies: Lake Atitlan, Guatemala "I Like a Bus"; Scott Herford: Cairo, Egypt "Foreign Bodies"; Bentley Dean: Chiapas, Mexico "School of Hard Knocks"; Claudia Rowe: Dakar, Senegal "Sand, Soccer - Holy Stuff"

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S1.E20 ∙ Finale

Wed, Dec 31, 1969

Features the following Racers and places: Olivia Rousset: Osaka, Japan "Tissue People"; Kim Traill: Luang Prabang, Laos "It Isn't Easy Being Orange"; John Safran: Los Angeles, USA "The Happiest Place on Earth, My Butt"; Daniel Marsden: Steven Island, Australia "Home". After screening the final four mini documentaries, the winner is announced amongst friends, family and the judges from the entire series. Presenters include Indira Naidoo and George Negus.

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