Sue Perkins: Discovering Thailand

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7:00 PM to 7:55 PM

Friday 21 March

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Sue visits the country's heady and exotic capital, Bangkok. The city suffers sky-high air pollution, which kills nearly 30,000 people every year - more than road accidents, drug use and murder combined. Sue visits a electric tuktuk company playing its part in addressing the problem. The comedian meets highly flexible Muay Thai champion fighter Jade Sirisompan, who explains how she has led the way for Thai women in a male-dominated sport. In the lush Phetchaburi province, Sue visits a charity refuge where she's shocked to hear of the scale of tiger exploitation in the country