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Both seasons were hosted by Richard Fidler , a former member of the Doug Anthony All Stars comedy group. PREMISE For each series, eight "racers" were selected from video auditions from the Australian general public. The successful applicants undertook a brief course in documentary film-making, before deciding on an itinerary for their journey around the world. They were then given a Digital Video camera, and sent to their first destination. Over the next 100 days, the racers were required to devise, arrange and film a series of ten four-minute documentary films, as well as a stand-by documentary and five "postcards". This gave them ten days to travel to their next destination, film the video, and send it back to the ABC in Sydney with detailed editing instructions. The series was broadcast as a weekly half-hour program, with four films shown per episode. Each film was then judged by a panel of three media and film experts, as well as being put to a popular viewer vote. Point were deducted for late submissions. Racers in the first series (1997)
Olivia Rousset was the winner of the first series. Racers in the second series (1998)
Tony Wilson was the winner of the second series. AFTER THE RACE Although receiving fairly high ratings for its timeslot, ''Race Around the World'' was a considerable logistical and financial drain on the publicly-funded ABC. In 2000, the series was scaled down into a local version restricted to the Australian continent, entitled ''Race Around Oz''. Host Richard Fidler undertook a few more television hosting gigs, and as of November 2005 hosts the ABC art and culture chat program '' Vulture ''. Most of the racers from the series went on to pursue careers in media and film-making:
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