{"id":12861,"date":"2020-03-09T10:39:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=12861"},"modified":"2020-03-09T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T10:39:57","slug":"lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=12861","title":{"rendered":"Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the triumphant return of Race Across The World<\/strong> last night, our thoughts once again turn to the show it reminds me most of, which is 2001 Channel 4 reality show Lost<\/strong>. Especially so after being linked to this Guardian article<\/a> about the behind the scenes stuff on RATW, which reminded me of the excellent Lost tie-in book which was full of this sort of stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lost<\/em> paired up teams of two with a cameraman, dropped them in a mystery location somewhere in the world with minimal money and three days supplies and challenged them to race back to London for \u00a35,000 and the opportunity to do it again. There were three episodes a week, each week being one race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I haven’t actually watched it in about twenty years (there’s something to think about) but thrilled to discover it’s on Youtube. And do you know what? It holds up really well – it manages to be both raw and slick, and I really like Daniel Pemberton’s soundtracking for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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