Race Around the World (1997)
- Genre
- documentary television program
- Country
- Australia
- Length
- 1 season, 21 episodes
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Teams of filmmakers travel to different countries around the world to produce short documentaries. They compete to make the best film about their assigned location.
competitiveeducationaltraveloguedocumentary-styleinformativeglobaladventurous
What happens
Race Around the World is an Australian travel documentary and competition series based on the Canadian television series La Course destination monde. Created by filmmaker Michael Rubbo and broadcast on the ABC, the series follows a group of filmmakers as they are sent to countries around the world to produce an original documentary. The first two seasons were broadcast in 1997 and 1998 and hosted by Richard Fidler, a former member of the Doug Anthony All Stars comedy group. A third season began in 2026, with Endemol Shine Australia producing the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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