Paul Merton in China (2007)

Directed by

Barbie MacLaurin

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rated

C8

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Comedian Paul Merton travels across China with an interpreter. He explores the country's culture and history.

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What happens

Paul Merton in China is a four-part television series broadcast on Five commencing from 21 May 2007. It follows the journey of writer and comedian, Paul Merton and his interpreter Emma, as they travel across the vast country, exploring Chinese culture, expansion and changes from the rule of Mao Zedong. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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