Race Across the World has a lot to answer for. Just as The Traitors seems to have inspired endless shows built around backstabbing and betrayal, all offering diminishing returns compared to the original, TV producers have started attempting to recreate the success of the BBC’s beloved travel competition.
Last summer, Destination X roped in Rob Brydon to preside over a globe-trotting trip with clues and puzzles. Now, the perma-cheerful Bradley Walsh has been dragged from the presumably air-conditioned comfort of the original Chase studio to take the quiz on the road in a spin-off that’s inevitably titled The Chase Around the World (although it feels destined to be mis-named Chase Across the World, at least by me).
