Celebrity Race Across The World has never been better thanks to one pair

‘We’re eating like kings tonight,’ says Big Boys star Dylan Llewelyn’s mum, Jackie, as they tuck into a feast of tacos.

Sounds like a great plan – if they were on any show other than Celebrity Race Across the World, the reality series where teams zoom across countries on a shoestring budget with no phone, social media, internet, or even credit cards to help them.

There’s never been a better time to be Studio Lambert, the production company behind Celebrity Race Across the World, which tonight returns in the slot before its other juggernaut, The Celebrity Traitors – one of the greatest moments of television in my lifetime.

Race Across the World is one of the few shows that feels exactly the same whether it’s teams of ‘civilians’ like you or me at its centre, or a bunch of celebs. The cha