Our Guy in China

Season 1

3 episodes · Nov 21, 2016

Martin starts in Chongqing, fastest growing city in the world, where he works in a factory to build his own electric motorbike, and is astonished by the lack of automation. Later he visits the world’s biggest hydroelectric plant, the Three Gorges Dam, and at the other end of the plumbing hierarchy, the world’s biggest public convenience

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  • Yangtze River
    S1E1

    Yangtze River

    Nov 21, 201647m

    Guy builds his own electric motorbike in a factory in Chongqing, the fastest growing city in the world, before visiting the world's biggest public toilet and heading along the Yangtze towards Shanghai.

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  • Beijing
    S1E2

    Beijing

    Nov 28, 201648m

    Guy explores Beijing, buying a rudimentary Flying Pigeon bicycle, finding out how China's super-rich live, and racing the 'Nigel Mansell of rickshaws' around the tight and twisty backstreets.

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  • The Taklamakan Desert
    S1E3

    The Taklamakan Desert

    Dec 5, 201647m

    Guy concludes his Chinese adventure by attempting to break the record for the fastest crossing of the vast Taklaman Desert - the 'desert of death' - on a bicycle.

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