Our Guy in China

Documentary

Guy Martin's love of industry and endeavour leads him to China, where he reveals the unseen side of its innovation, technological development and gigantic manufacturing.

Watch Now Back to Catalog

Episodes & Seasons

Browse episodes by season for this series.

Season 1

3 Episodes

Martin starts in Chongqing, fastest growing city in the world, where he works in a factory to build his own electric motorbike, and is astonished by the lack of automation. Later he visits the world’s biggest hydroelectric plant, the Three Gorges Dam, and at the other end of the plumbing hierarchy, the world’s biggest public convenience

EP 01

01.Yangtze River

47m

2016-11-21

01.Yangtze River

47m

Aired 2016-11-21

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.

Watch Episode

EP 02

02.Beijing

48m

2016-11-28

02.Beijing

48m

Aired 2016-11-28

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.

Watch Episode

EP 03

03.The Taklamakan Desert

47m

2016-12-05

03.The Taklamakan Desert

47m

Aired 2016-12-05

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.

Watch Episode

Series Cast

Guy MartinSelf

More Like This

Viewers who watched Our Guy in China also enjoyed