Overview
- The Channel 5 series Ben Fogle in China is scheduled to debut Monday, April 6 at 9pm.
- Fogle says the crew filmed material he believes Chinese authorities will dislike, which could stop him from returning.
- He says a government-assigned observer accompanied the team and often left for tea and cakes during shoots.
- The itinerary includes restoring a section of the Great Wall, acting as an extra at Hengdian World Studios, and exploring large traditional-medicine markets.
- He also visits a cockroach farm that turns insects into toiletries and a panda centre that requires visitors to wear panda suits to avoid habituating the animals.