Race Across the World is now on its fourth series and will see five travelling teams trek from Japan to Indonesia. The intrepid travellers will take part in a race from one location to another by foot, road, rail, bus or boat - planes are not allowed - with a budget of just the cost of the equivalent air fare.
Each team will be travelling in twos: Owen and Alfie, both 20, best friends from Hertfordshire; brother and sister Betty, 25, and James, 21, from Yorkshire; mother and daughter Eugenie, 60, and Isabel, 25, from Barking and Birmingham; Kent-based mother and daughter Sharon, 52, and Brydie, 25; and retired couple Stephen, 61, and Viv, 65, from Rutland. Betty and James spoke to PA about what their family think of them taking part in this trip together.