Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Race Around the World was an Australian documentary series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1997 and 1998 . It was based on a Canadian(Aa) television series. Both seasons were hosted by Richard Fidler, a former member of the Doug Anthony All Stars comedy group. For each series, eight "racers" were selected from video auditions from the Australian general public. The only stipulation for the video auditions was a lead in of ten seconds of black. John Safran submitted his audition with ten seconds of yellow. 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.