The Mekong River with Sue Perkins
Sue Perkins visits Vietnam Nam, Cambodia, Laos and China along the Mekong River and meets various folk along the way and witnesses how deforestation and illegal wildlife trade affect these countries.
- 2014-2014
- 1 season
- Netflix
- Documentary
Sue Perkins visits Vietnam Nam, Cambodia, Laos and China along the Mekong River and meets various folk along the way and witnesses how deforestation and illegal wildlife trade affect these countries.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
Episode #1.1
59 mins
Sue's epic journey begins in Vietnam, on the vast Mekong Delta, where she joins Si Hei, the queen of the noodle. Starting at dawn, they head out to sell noodle soup at the Delta's largest floating market that's endured for centuries. Vietnam is the world's second largest exporter of rice, so Sue moves upstream to work with farmers in the paddy fields and finds out how their lives are changing with the prospect of capitalism.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
59 mins
Sue Perkins continues her epic journey up the Mekong, south east Asia's greatest river. In this second episode, Sue embarks on the most emotional leg of her journey along the Mekong. Having learned how people are struggling to recover from the legacy of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, animal lover Sue continues through Cambodia to witness how deforestation and wildlife crime are stripping the country of it last wild places.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
58 mins
In this third episode, Sue reaches Laos, one of the poorest and least developed of all the Mekong nations. It's a country shaped by both Buddhism and Communism and has hardly changed for centuries. Today, the beauty of its landscapes and people is bringing in foreign tourists - backpackers in search of unspoilt Asia.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
59 mins
In this fourth and final episode, Sue reaches her final destination - China, home to the source of the Mekong. Here, change is sweeping through faster than any other Mekong nation, as China's economic miracle transforms even the remotest regions.