Race Across the World winners have seen their lives radically transformed since being a part of the show, with it opening up doors they thought were closed to them. The challenging BBC reality series, which first aired in 2019, lets viewers become intrepid travellers without having to leave their sofas. It follows five pairs as they race to a far-flung corner of the globe.

The caveat is that they can only do this by land or sea, and are given an amount of money that is equivalent to the price of a one-way plane ticket to the final destination. The duos, made up of siblings, couples, friends or relatives, have travelled from northernmost Japan to the Indonesian island of Lombok in east Asia without flights or phones, competing for the £20,000 cash prize. The finalists have all agreed that the competition taught them to “live in the moment a little bit more”.

“Appreciate what’s in front of you rather than having to forward plan all the time or having to have an answer for everything,” Betty said. Eugenie said: “It’s just about being more adventurous and not just continuing with the mundane. It’s about living your life, it’s about living your life every day.

“Things come at you, go for it and do it. Rather than planning in a year’s time, in two years’ time, in five years’ time. There might not be a five years’ time or a two years’ time.

So, live your life now.” On the evening of the final episode, we thought we would check in with previous winner.