Paul Merton in China

TV Show (2007)

The British comedian undertakes a six week tour of China, exploring the major cities and visiting lesser known backwaters in a cultural examination of the Eastern superpower

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  • Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    Last in series. The comedian begins a tour of Shanghai with a ride on the fastest train in the world - the $1.2billion engine which travels on the rail link from the city's airport - before playing his first game of golf with Rupert Hoogewerf, author of China's Rich List. Paul meets matchmaking parents at the People's Park and visits a strange re-creation of Britain called Thames Town

  • Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    The comedian watches a Chinese opera in Chengdu and travels by boat up the Li River to Yangshuo, stopping at a hotel named Fawlty Towers where staff answer to the names of characters from the British TV series. Paul also witnesses traditional fishing using cormorants and visits the heavy industrial centre of Guangzhou which produces 40 per cent of the nation's exports and boasts a thriving international community

  • Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    The comedian seeks out spiritual relaxation at a Shaolin temple in Henan Province, which is famed as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, but finds himself taking kung fu classes instead. He later visits the Tibetan monastery of Labrang in a sparsely populated area of China and the fast-expanding metropolis of Chongqing where he takes part in mass line dancing in the People's square

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