Travellers' Fin and tonic

IT'S week five of RACE ACROSS THE WORLD (BBC1, 9pm). The teams have reached Northern India. The gap is closing. There's everything to play for.

- Mike Ward

Excited? You bet I am! Admittedly, I don't get out much.

Brothers Brian and Melvyn are still in front, but there's no room for complacency. Caroline and son Tom, who once lagged way behind, have stormed up to second, and are now little more than four hours behind them.

In Race Across The World, remember, four hours is nothing. It's not like the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, where four hours equates to one calendar year, or at least flipping feels like it does.