'Our Guy in India' on Channel 4

[RedPanda]

Next Sunday.

Guy Martin sets off on a 1000-mile motorbike trip, exploring a rarely-seen side of modern India as he heads to one of the world's maddest bike races, Rider Mania.

Should be interesting, I don't know if it's a one-off or series.
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Cool cheers for the heads up
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[stinkwheel]

Bwaahhahaha. He's gonna have to ride an enfield.
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[johnnyarctic]

saw it advertised earlier. looks like it could be entertaining. inb4 challenges like getting to one place from another on a £x bike
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[Northern Monkey]

It should be worth watching just to see someone racing an enfield
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[Rogerborg]

Many sprag clutches died to bring you this entertainment.
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[Rogerborg]

^^^
Indian bikers steered him away from a Bullet with a knackered starter.

I quite enjoyed that. Sort of the anti-Charley-Boorman. Available on 4OD soon if you missed it.
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[Rigga]

Enjoyed that, what a shitoil though.
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[RedPanda]

I love that he fell asleep paragliding.
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[Pigeon]

Found myself cringing a bit at the overuse of phrases strung together to form sentences. You could also tell when he was faking interest, he's not brilliant at it.

That said, really enjoyed it, the man was well out of his comfort zone and we got to see a little of India which perhaps would have otherwise not been made for mainstream TV consumption.

100%, proper, mega!


Also, how many of us had Rogerborg on our minds? Did the man feel a Uri Geller, collective ear burn

[Snop Doog]

Who do I call to get my bike blessed? Or will I have to travel to India?

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Didn't do the bit about never trusting a fart in india.
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[Skudd]

Really enjoyed the different point of view. It is great when a simple travel programme pops up like this, bike related or not.
It does bring home how basic it is over there and yet there is so much wealth too.

I do get annoyed though when basic, very basic hygiene standards are not put in place on things like the train or the food markets. No wonder the trots are rife.
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[Rogerborg]

[recman]

Enjoyed it, didn't seem overly phased in the traffic mayhem and his face when he tasted that shite tea.

[smallfrowne]

Yeah, same, better than top gear. The only thing that gets me is why does the narration have to be so bloody serious. The voice and style of the narration does my head in. It might work if it was another Boreman flick but I really couldn't watch any more of that.

[Rogerborg]

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[UncleFester]

I do that too - can't abide strong tea and the milk in first stops that. When you drink double + large mugs a day it matters.

if i drank full strength brews, i'd be a jittering mess by mid day
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[UncleFester]

Man always down with tea or coffee - 20 cups a day for me at least.
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[andys675]

enjoyed the program, always wanted to go on that sort of enfield india trip.

contrast in living standards is beyond words, a billion dollar house and poor people living on the street outside
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[Sabs]

Enjoyed the program, it was good entertainment.

Not sure why he took the train, it's not character building and it's not a good adventure. It was only 160 miles too, he'd have done it quicker on the bike and probably would have enjoyed the journey a lot more (especially given that he slept for most of it).
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