Everything we spotted in the teaser for the final of the BBC's Race Across the World

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Everything we spotted in the teaser for the final of the BBC's Race Across the World
"We've seen the world and now we are racing it"
Sisters, Elizabeth and Letitia, are seen encouraging their boat riders to make the boat go faster during the final episode of Race Across the World
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The latest series of Race Across the World is getting closer and closer to the finishing line, with the pair who cross it first crowned winners.
The fifth series of the BBC programme introduced us to five teams, former married couple Yin and Gaz, sisters Elizabeth and Letitia, young couple Fin and Sioned, brothers Brian and Melvyn, and mother and son duo Caroline and Tom.
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While Yin and Gaz were eliminated after not reaching the third checkpoint, the four other teams have managed to travel all the way from the Great Wall of China at Huanghuacheng in China, through Nepal and into India.
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The final checkpoint will be in Kanyakumari - the southernmost tip of India. With the seventh episode seeing Caroline and Tom reach first position while Brian and Melvyn ended up last with a 17-hour difference, despite finishing on top at the last checkpoint, it's still all to play for.
At the end of the seventh episode, viewers caught a glimpse of what to expect for the eighth and final episode, which will be aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Wednesday evening, June 11. For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter .
In the teaser, Caroline tells Tom in the back of a taxi: "It all comes down to now", to which Tom replies: "It does, we've seen the world and now we are racing it".
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Sisters Elizabeth and Letitia are seen running through the streets of India with their rucksacks on their backs, before Tom takes a slight tumble on a boat as it travels at sea.
Tom takes a slight tumble in a boat
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"One mishap could jeopardize our position," Letitia tells Elizabeth on a night bus.
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Also travelling on a night bus are young Carmarthenshire couple Fin and Sioned.
"We just need that extra push to win," Fin says. "And we can do it."
Despite a disappointing end when they reached the penultimate checkpoint, it seemed that brothers Brian and Melvyn were still planning on fighting for a chance to win the competition.
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"Why can't we catch up 19 hours?" Melvyn asks, as he and Brian walk through a town square. "Everybody knows you can catch up time."
Brothers Brian and Melvyn were ready to close in on the other teams
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In another scene, mother and son duo Caroline and Tom are spotted running towards a harbour as they spot the boats.
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"If Thomas and I can win this race, it would mean the world to me," Caroline is heard saying as a clip of her in a life jacket on a boat is shown. "I feel the pressure is on," she adds.
It seems that Elizabeth and Letitia also make it onto the boat, wearing similar red life jackets.
Fin and Sioned were spotted on a night bus
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Both the sisters and Caroline are seen encouraging their respective boat riders to make the boats go faster - could this be down to the fact that multiple teams are closing in on the finishing line around the same time?
In another scene, Sioned and Fin are also spotted travelling in a boat. "It's all down to this book," Sioned says with a smile on her face. "Why does this book hold so much power?"
Whoever signs 'this book' first at the final checkpoint will win the cash prize of £20,000.
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Viewers can watch the final of Race Across the World on Wednesday, June 11, at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.