Filming starts in St Andrews for TV show Race Against the Tide
Race Against the Tide Filming in St Andrews
The BBC's new game show, Race Against the Tide, hosted by comedian Iain Stirling, is currently filming in St Andrews, Scotland. The show features competitors building sand sculptures on West Sands beach, racing against the incoming tide.
Filming Details
Filming commenced on May 12, 2025 and will continue until May 20, 2025. Images show extensive set-up and impressive sand sculptures created during practice sessions. Visitors are advised to keep their dogs on leads while passing the filming area.
Show Format
The six-part series will involve additional craft challenges set by Iain Stirling. Sand sculptures will be judged as the tide rises, with a team eliminated at the end of each episode.
Availability and Release Date
The show will air on BBC Two, BBC Scotland, and iPlayer, but the release date remains unannounced.
Filming for a new TV gameshow hosted by comedian Iain Stirling has started in St Andrews.
The Fife town’s West Sands beach is providing a backdrop for the BBC’s Race Against the Tide.
The show sees competitors build sand sculptures against the ticking clock of the incoming tide.
Photos taken by The Courier at West Sands on Monday show crews setting up huge block structures on the sand.
Filming is set to take place until next Tuesday (May 20) with beach visitors asked to keep dogs on leads when passing through the area.
The six-part series is hosted by Scottish comedian Stirling – best known as the narrator of Love Island – who will issue additional craft challenges throughout the show.
The sand sculptures will be judged as the tide begins to come in with a team ordered to leave the beach at the end of each episode.
Further images of the set show impressive sand sculptures on the beach created during practice sessions.
The series will be available on BBC Two, BBC Scotland and iPlayer but a release date has yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, The Courier has taken a look at five films shot in Tayside, Fife and Stirling that are set to be released.
This includes an adaptation of the novel Borges and Me, which was also partly filmed at West Sands.
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