Bizarre TV Programs in Thailand

I was just thinking the other night, while watching TV on UBC satellite, we really have the ODDEST stuff here! I get programs from all over the world (Australia, India, Korea, Japan, United Kingdom, USA, Taiwan, Spain etc.) but some of them, you can only say "Huh".

For instance, has anyone seen the show "Travelling on the Euro Train"? It's an hour show, where the commentator takes you on a trip on a train somewhere in Europe. The other night it was in Spain. Sounds cool, right? Right. Weird thing is, the commentator speaks for about 10 minutes during an entire hour show. The rest of the time it's earily quiet, with music playing in the background and the cameraman just filming out of the train window. So all you see are fields, houses, shops, factories, powerlines, boats etc. zipping by. For an hour. At first it's a bit mesmerizing and then you think "er....why?" and switch to another channel! Can't remember if this one is a Korean or Japanese show?

The next one, which I love, is "Passport to the Sun". It's a 2003 BBC tv series (actually shown here on an obscure channel that no-one ever watches). It's a docu-drama following the lives of tons of different British expats living in Spain and holidaymakers who come for a quick trip. The people on there range from the typical Brit boozer that just wants to get rip-roaring drunk for his entire holiday, to the retired folks in their villas and on their boats, and the Brits who like good old American line-dancing (in Spain :-) A couple of weeks ago, one of the guys on was Leapy Lee. He's the singer from the 60s, that had a huge hit with his song "Little Arrows". Apparently, he now lives in Mallorca where, every week, he does a "Curry Night" at a local restaurant. He usually has about 150 people show up for a night of dinner, drinking and dancing and he makes the Indian curry. Looked like fun! The show is great and very addictive, and it also shows you quite a bit about the British psyche. Honestly, I'm not that proud to be British after I've finished watching it!