Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson
Thailand & Malaysia
Season 1 Episode 3 of 6
The actor heads to Thailand, where he emerges from the Chiang Mai train station to find himself amid a Buddhist ceremony in which the town's citizens offer gifts to monks from the local temple, with Tony joining the monks to grasp what their daily life entails. Crossing the border into Malaysia, he instantly sees echoes of British rule everywhere, before ending in Kuala Lumpur, where he discovers a city of wild contrasts
Around the World by Train with Tony Robinson airs on 5SELECT at 4:35 PM, Wednesday 23 September. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Foreign Countries ➝ Expeditions
Tony Robinson
Presenter
James Harrison
Producer
Fintan Maguire
Executive Producer