Race Around the World
Season 1
June 2, 1997
21Episodes
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.
Episodes
1. The Race to "Race Around the World"
June 2, 1997
28 min
Takes you through the highs and lows of the 8 lucky "Racers" who were chosen out of 16 finalists, as they embark on their journey.
2. Story One - Part One
June 9, 1997
30 min
Kim Trail reports from Peru, John Safran gets himself locked in a stairwell in Japan, Ben Davies introduces us to a traditional wood carver in Irian Jaya and Olivia Rousett finds herself on the set of a porn movie in LA.
3. Story One - Part Two
June 16, 1997
28 min
Daniel Marsden introduces us to a dealer in Acapulco, Bentley Dean takes us to the Thai-Burmese Border to meet a folk singer, Claudia Rowe visits a man in New Zealand who loves his cat Judy and Scott Herford meets a tattoo artist in Manila.
4. Story Two - Part One
June 23, 1997
28 min
Olivia Rousset treks through the jungle of Belize, Ben Davies is in Russia where the people are fighting political upheaval, Claudia Rowe is in Costa Rica and John Safran takes a wild trip in the back of an ambulance in Bombay, India.
5. Story Two - Part Two
June 30, 1997
28 min
Bentley Dean reports from Thailand, Kim Traill visits a remote Hacienda in Bolivia, Daniel Marsden searches for a story in Peru and Scott Herford finds what it takes to be an Indian Sadhu.
6. Story Three - Part One
July 7, 1997
29 min
Scott Herford reports from Lamu on the locals, Olivia Rousset is in Canada with the Hutterite people, Bentley Dean is in Siberia with a Melbourne band and Kim Tarill is in Mexico.
7. Story Three - Part Two
July 14, 1997
28 min
Ben Davies finds himself in China with no access to money, Daniel Marsden meets two French Canadian's in love but are unable to be together, John Safran meets a leading anarchist in the UK and Claudia Rowe hits the streets of Cuba.
8. Story Four - Part One
July 21, 1997
27 min
Daniel Marsden meets a film extra in Iceland, Olivia Rousset reports on a poor housing estate in Scotland, Claudia Rowe is in Trinidad where she meets a local singer, and Bentley Dean goes to a remote part of Mongolia.
9. Story Four - Part Two
July 28, 1997
28 min
In tonight's episode: Scott Herford exposes money-hungry Egyptians in Cairo, Kim Traill goes to Botswana, Ben Davies meets up with Darren in the UK, and John Safran goes to the Ivory Coast and tries to have a curse put on his ex-girlfriend.
10. Story Five - Part One
August 4, 1997
28 min
Bentley Dean meets a vigilante group called Pagad in South Africa, Claudia Rowe enters an exclusive club - for Ferrets, Olivia Rousset meets Albanian refugees and Daniel Marsden is in London with a few men who "Train Spot" for a hobby.
11. Story Five - Part Two
August 11, 1997
28 min
Kim has an all girl coffee party in Ethiopia, Scott travels in Morocco, Ben meets notorious lawyer Jacques Verges in Paris and John is baptised a black protestant in the Invory Coast.
12. Story Six - Part One
August 18, 1997
29 min
Daniel meets a singer in Cairo, Ben meets a Zulu boy trying to maintain his culture, Kim explores the cultural difference in Yemen and Bentley goes to experience the Glastonbury Festival.
13. Story Six - Part Two
August 25, 1997
29 min
Claudia Rowe searches for a man whose name means "Sledgehammer" in Mongolia, John Safran talks to a Catholic Priest in Sicily about exorcisms, Scott Herford has dinner with a French girl in Paris and Olivia Rousset attends a funeral in Ghana.
14. Story Seven - Part One
September 1, 1997
28 min
Olivia Rousset goes to the races in Mauritius, John Safran is in Lebanon exploring the issue of men having more than one wife, Claudia Rowe goes to Norway and meets a woman named Annalise and Daniel Marsden goes to India where he meets Raj.
15. Story Seven - Part Two
September 8, 1997
29 min
Scott Herford profiles a little boy in Ios practising photography, Kim Traill goes to Pakistan and meets an Afghani refugee, Ben Davies takes to the waters off the coast of Mozambique and Bentley Dean goes to Lapland in the Arctic circle.
16. Story Eight - Part One
September 15, 1997
27 min
Ben Davies meets a reggae singer in Jamaica, Daniel Marsden goes to Nepal to meet Yak herders, Scott Herford discovers the art of cooking guinea pigs and Olivia Rousset meets the self-declared king of Kowloon in Hong Kong.
17. Story Eight - Part Two
September 22, 1997
28 min
Bentley Dean is in Boston with a photographer who takes photos of naked people, Kim Traills is in Kazakhstan, Claudia Rowe goes to Vukovar and John Safran goes to Jerusalem to pay homage to St Kilda football club.
18. Story Nine - Part One
September 29, 1997
28 min
Kim Traill contemplates life as a shepherds wife in Kyrgyzstan, Bentley Dean is in Thailand and Ben Davies goes to Los Llanos in Venezuela to wrestle with crocodiles.
19. Story Nine - Part Two
October 6, 1997
29 min
Claudia Rowe is in Syria where she enjoys Middle Eastern hospitality, Daniel Marsden experiences the Tokyo subway system, Olivia Rousset is in Vietnam where the passion for dance is being rekindled and Scott Herford travels around San Jose.
20. Story Ten - Part One
October 13, 1997
28 min
Ben Davies is in Guatemala tempting fate on the local buses, Scott Herford interviews two belly dancers in Egypt, Bentley Dean is in Mexico and Claudia Rowe discovers the significance of soccer to the locals of Senegal.