Name: Our Guy in China
Released: 2016-11-21T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Guy Martin

Available on Channel 4, U

In this three-part travelogue series Lincolnshire lorry mechanic and motorcycle racer Guy Martin will explore China, the modern day workshop of the world, ignoring the usual tourist hotspots and instead looking for extreme experiences to satisfy each of his passions. It will reveal a side of China normally unseen.

Documentary · 2016 · 45 min

Starring Guy Martin

Director James Woodroffe , Ewan Keil

EPISODE 1

Yangtze River

Guy's adventure starts in Chongqing, the fastest growing city in the world, where he works in a factory to build his own electric motorbike. He's surprised by the lack of automation - everything's assembled by a skilled workforce - and realises that it's symbolic of the wider Chinese economy, where 30 years of unprecedented growth have been sustained by a giant workforce.

44 min · 21 Nov 2016
EPISODE 2

Beijing

Guy Martin explores Beijing, ignoring the tourist traps and following his own often eccentric passions. In a backstreet bicycle shop he spends £18 on a rudimentary `Flying Pigeon', the most produced machine in the world.

44 min · 28 Nov 2016
EPISODE 3

The Taklamakan Desert

Guy Martin concludes his Chinese adventure with his toughest ever physical challenge. He wants to break the record for the fastest crossing of the Taklamakan Desert on a bicycle.

44 min · 5 Dec 2016

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