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TOM-DVD-SIX - Bangkok Bound Volume 6Retired fireman SID is enjoying his leisure years as a prisoner to the full, taking his wife on first class trips around the world to pursue his hobby-catching butterflies. SID is off to Chiang Mai to spend seven hours a day adding to his butterfly collection armed with his net and 'killing jar' to find his elusive prey.Audrey is a widow and committed Christian from Exeter. After her husband died she decided to sponsor a Thai child. Audrey is planning her third trip, only this time she is shutting up her house and going off to work at an orphanage in Pattaya. Many of the children there are babies left by their mothers who are prostitutes, something she describes as heartbreaking.Remember the guitarist from the weird late 70's early 80's group Sparks? We discover him hanging out in a bar in Ko Samui. Adrian Fisher dropped out of the pop world and washed p in Thailand some years ago. He married a Thai woman and now spends his time entertaining westerners in bars with his tales and the occasional song.Thailand is a magnet for travellers. Each week 10,000 people travel from Britain to Bangkok - the gateway to Thailand. But the country's beautiful tropical beaches are contrasted with a dark underbelly of sex tourism. Bangkok Bound takes a closer look at the personal stories behind these journeys to reveal some startling and, at times, truly remarkable experiences. In the final part of the six-part series we meet a butterfly collector and a true Samaritan and rediscover an ageing British musician.
Bangkok Bound Volume 6
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TOM-DVD-THREE - Bangkok Bound Bangkok Bound Volume 3In programme three we meet an exotic photographer, a street wise nun and a war veteran. Adrian is returning to the more notorious scene of this exotic destination. A thirty-three year old 'glamour' photographer, his mission is to persuade Thai women to model for him naked, to feed the growing British porn market for 'Asian babes'. "I like girls, that is the prime motivation. I can't imagine anything else I'd rather do - not even playing in a rock band or starring in a movie."Sister Joan works in conjunction with Father Brenan's orphanage. She wanders around the seedy areas of Pattya counseling street children and tries to talk them out of leading such dangerous lives. "The sheer number of sex tourists make this a dangerous place for children, even during the day."Fifty-seven year old Shirley's first ever trip to Thailand is an emotional pilgrimage. She lost her father in the Second World War when she was six months old. He died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Having recently been left money by her father's sister, Shirley has decided to spend the money fulfilling a dream she thought she would never be able to afford. The film crew follows Shirley to the cemetery, where her father's remains are. "I miss a father, you think of things that would have been very different if he'd been around."Thailand is a magnet for travellers. Each week 10,000 people travel from Britain to Bangkok - the gateway to Thailand. The country's beautiful tropical beaches are contrasted with a dark underbelly of sex tourism. This six part series Bangkok Bound, takes a closer look at the personal stories behind these journeys to reveal some startling and at times truly remarkable experiences.
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