Forget superhero movies or Taylor Swift diss tracks. If there’s a booming business in modern entertainment, it is the high-concept game show – inevitably followed by a deluge of shameless copycats. Just look at The Traitors , which, faster than a flick of Claudia Winkleman’s fringe, has been ripped off over and over.

That is also the case with the BBC’s Race Across The World – a huge success and a clear inspiration for Worlds Apart , down to the use of “World” in the title and the concept of duos of contestants parachuted into foreign parts and forced to rely on their quick-thinking and will to win.

As bare-faced homages go, Worlds Apart at least tries to introduce a new element – albeit with decidedly ho-hum results. The show’s 12 volunteers are sent to Tokyo and tasked

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