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Episode 2

Burma with Simon Reeve Series 1
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Two-part documentary series. Simon visits Mandalay and travels to a conflict zone to meet a rebel army who have been fighting the Burmese military for decades.

The second of a two-part series, in which adventurer and broadcaster Simon Reeve travels deeper into beautiful and troubled Burma.

Simon journeys up the vast Irrawaddy River to the old royal capital of Mandalay, home to an exotic market for precious jade. In Burma's mountainous highlands, he experiences the country's vibrant ethnic heritage at an extraordinary and explosive fire-balloon festival, then visits an elephant sanctuary and finds out how a growing tourism industry is helping them survive after working for decades in the logging industry.

Burma is a melting pot of different ethnic groups, and having seen first-hand the suffering of the Rohingya people on the first leg of his journey, Simon now travels secretly into one of Burma's many other conflict zones to meet a huge rebel army who have been fighting the Burmese military for decades. Simon goes on combat patrol into the jungle with the rebels and learns why they have been fighting the longest-running civil war in the world.

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Sun 14 Apr 2024 20:00
主播大秀 Two

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Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:07

    Jah Wobble鈥檚 Invaders of the Heart

    Visions Of You

  • 00:12

    Telek

    Midal

  • 00:18

    J贸hann J贸hannsson

    The Great God Pan Is Dead

  • 00:18

    Foals

    Balloons

  • 00:30

    King Creosote

    Surface

  • 00:56

    Guo Yue

    The Little Bird Must Fly

Credits

Presenter Simon Reeve
Executive Producer Sam Bagnall
Executive Producer Sarah Waldron
Producer Ruth Mayer
Director Ruth Mayer

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