Our Guy in China

Season 1

Guy Martin heads to The People's Republic of China, revealing a side of China normally unseen. To finish off his 3-week trip he's found himself an irresistible challenge - at one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. He'll attempt to set a new world record for the fastest crossing on a pushbike of a section of the Gobi known as the Taklimakan - the "Desert of Death".

3 episodes

13+

Documentary·Special Interest

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S1 E1 - Yangtze River
November 20, 2016
45min
13+
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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S1 E2 - Beijing
November 27, 2016
47min
13+
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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S1 E3 - The Takmalakan Desert
December 4, 2016
47min
13+
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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