Whicker's WorldWhicker's Orient
This season sees TV's most-travelled man making landfall in Asia. Whicker takes a look at Thailand's more extreme sporting activities, and considers the dominant role of women in the Thai business world; he spends time among Hong Kong's Boat People, meets the Chinese movie mogul whose action sagas put Hollywood in the shade, and asks what the future holds for the enchanted island of Bali.
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6 Episodi
- What Makes Shaw Run Run?E1
What Makes Shaw Run Run?Run Run Shaw is a film mogul who makes more than 60 feature films a year. His magic formula is not sin and sex, but blood and guts; sagas whose heroes and heroines perform implausible swordfights and back-somersaults to the tops of buildings. Whicker meets this Chinese wizard at his Hong Kong studios. - Thai Tycoons and the Executive SweetE3
Thai Tycoons and the Executive SweetA look at the dominant role played by women in the Thai business world. Demure Oriental ladies control hotels, fleets of buses, navies of river boats; Whicker finds it's not the executive suite in Thailand, but the sweet executive. - The Freedom SwimmersE5
The Freedom SwimmersWhicker reports on the many Chinese risking death in their attempts to escape from China to Hong Kong. Many succeed each year, and are received with rueful resignation by the Hong Kong authorities, already struggling to house a population of four million people. - The Last ParadiseE6
The Last ParadiseFollowing in the footsteps of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, Whicker takes the Road to Bali - a remote, enchanting island just beyond reality. As he explores the undiscovered paradise that has been called "the morning of the world", Whicker asks whether Bali can escape the fate of other tropical islands and resist the onrush of tourism.
