Paul Merton in China(2007)
DocumentaryComedy
First Air Date: 2007-05-21
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Paul Merton in China was a four-part television series broadcast on Five commencing from 21 May 2007. It follows the journey of Paul Merton, comedian and writer, and his interpreter Emma, as they voyage across the country, exploring Chinese culture, expansion and change from Mao Zedong's reign. The series was a hit for Five and Merton confirmed on Michael Parkinson's show that a second series entitled Paul Merton in India had been commissioned. The theme music from Channel Five's advertisement is Michel Legrand's Di Gue Ding Ding, which was also used as the theme music to Heston Blumenthal's series In Search of Perfection aired concurrently on BBC Two. All four episodes were released on DVD in late October 2008.
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Season 1
Episodes: 4E01
Episode 1
Air Date: 2007-05-21
In the first instalment Merton samples fried donkey’s penis (‘Well, I can tell he wasn’t Jewish’), then hijacks a kar...
E02
Episode 2
Air Date: 2007-05-28
Paul tries his hand at kung fu at the Shaolin Temple, famed as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, before visiting a Tibe...
E03
Episode 3
Air Date: 2007-11-04
Our man in the Panama hat and socks-with-shorts combo continues his bizarre travelogue. But wait, Merton's looking do...
E04
Episode 4
Air Date: 2007-06-11
It's the end of the road for Paul Merton as he visits Shanghai, the final destination on his Chinese trip. On the who...
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