kicks off on BBC One on Wednesday 14 August, so what can we expect from the first episode? and her husband Jeremy Parisi, and his husband Sam Vaughan (fiancé while filming), and his son Freddy as well as and his cousin Mary Ellen. In the trailer for the BBC show, the voiceover said: "Four celebrities and their loved ones are about to find out that this is no holiday." The famous faces and their loved ones will travel the distance across 24 countries but there will be zero VIP treatment along the way.

We take a look at what to expect from the first episode of Celebrity Race Across the World...

First things first, we will get to meet the line-up and see them in a way we have never seen them before as they undertake the incredible challenge. Of course viewers will recognise the famous faces - Brook, Mills, Brazier and Bokinni - but it is a chance to see them interacting with a loved one of theirs who isn't usually in the spotlight. This in itself will bring a whole new different dynamic to the celebrity we usually see in the limelight, as well as the fact the stars must cope without their mobile phones and bankcards or any luxuries they are used to while travelling.

No doubt viewers will begin to decide who their favourites might be, cast your vote in our poll below. One of the very first things we will see in the episode is the Celebrity Race Across the World stars handing over their smart phones and bank cards. The celebrities must say goodbye to the luxuries they are used t.