Jet Lag: The Game: every season at a glance
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Jet Lag: The Game turns the world into a game board: Adam, Sam and Ben compete in large-scale travel games, sometimes in the USA, sometimes in Europe or Asia. Here you get a short, spoiler-free note on what sets each season apart.
Season 1
Sam, Adam and Ben play Connect 4 on a real US map: to claim a space, they have to actually travel to that state.
3 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 1Season 2
The three race to travel around the entire world in just 100 hours, and even the opening routes head in very different directions.
5 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 2Season 3
Adam, Sam and Ben play a 72-hour game of tag across Europe. Whoever is being chased has to escape using trains, buses and tactics.
7 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 3Season 4
Adam and Ben take on Sam and Brian: two teams travel across the USA for 100 hours, complete challenges from their card deck and try to claim as many states as possible. New this time, territories can also be defended in battles.
5 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 4Season 5
Together with Toby Hendy, Adam, Sam and Ben turn New Zealand into a giant real-life board game. The goal is a race to the end of the world.
8 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 5Season 6
The season heads to Japan: for 96 hours, Adam, Sam, Ben and guest Scotty Allen play capture the flag across the country.
7 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 6Season 7
Back in Europe: Adam, Sam and Ben begin a new 72-hour game of tag across the continent, using trains and other transport.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 7Season 8
The race starts in Utqiagvik, Alaska, the northernmost town in the USA, and heads for the southernmost. Guest star Michelle Khare joins the start in the middle of Arctic snow.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 8Season 9
Sam, Adam and Ben play hide and seek across Switzerland in the snowy Alpine winter. Whoever hides has to stay undiscovered by the seekers.
5 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 9Season 10
In Australia, Sam, Adam, Ben and Toby Hendy play a travel game built around money and risk on a map full of coin stacks.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 10Season 11
Sam, Adam and Ben begin the third round of Tag Across Europe, chasing each other across Europe for 72 hours.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 11Season 12
Sam, Adam and Ben play hide and seek across Japan: one hides somewhere on the rail network while the others search.
7 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 12Season 13
In “Schengen Showdown”, Sam, Adam, Ben and guest Tom Scott race over six days to visit the most European countries.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 13Season 14
In South Korea, Sam, Adam and Ben try a new game idea: Snake across the country, with the train as the playing field.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 14Season 15
The All-Stars season: Sam, Adam and Ben play tag across Europe with Toby Hendy, Brian McManus and Michelle Khare.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 15Season 16
Sam, Adam and Ben play hide and seek across the United Kingdom: one hides somewhere in the country and the others have to track them down.
7 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 16Season 17
In “Taiwan Rail Rush”, Sam, Adam, Ben and Michael compete across 243 stations in five days, with only one winner, planning a route through Taiwan's entire rail network.
8 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 17Season 18
In “Stateside Scramble”, Sam, Adam, Ben and Amy compete across the USA. States are coloured in team colours on the map, and they travel by car and plane.
6 Episodes, – , YouTube
All episodes of season 18Season 19
“Japanorama” is a race along the entire length of Japan, from a start in the south to a finish flag in the north. What counts is the fastest route on the country's rails.
8 Episodes, – , YouTube, Nebula
All episodes of season 19Text written with AI assistance from our programme data and checked against it; numbers, dates and platforms come straight from the programme.