Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off
- Radio sitcom
- BBC Radio 4
- 2002 - 2019
- 31 episodes (5 series)
Radio sitcom starring Marcus Brigstocke as Giles Wemmbley Hogg, a upper-middle-class student ponce from Budleigh Salterton who travels the world. Also features Tom Goodman-Hill, Catherine Tate, Adrian Scarborough, Catherine Shepherd and Vincent Franklin
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - China
Giles compiles an audio diary on a trip to Beijing for his Duke of Edinburgh Award. He plans to find his Uncle Jeff and mend the Great Wall of China.
Further details
Giles goes off to China to help mend the Great Wall, sample the delights of genuine Chinese cuisine and wear a very big Mongolian hat. On the way, he wins the hundred metres, rugby tackles a bicycle and experiences a nasty incident with a loose chopstick. You can also hear the sound of a man accidently toppling 6000 terracotta statues and then eating a Mah Jongg tile.
Notes
This episode is also known as "Beijing"
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 23rd July 2002
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Marcus Brigstocke | Giles Wemmbley Hogg |
| Burt Kwouk | Chin |
| Shirley Chantrell | Mrs Chin |
| Lobo Chan | Wan |
| Neil Dudgeon | Geoff Wemmbley Hogg |
| Daphne Cheung | Tan |
| Marcus Brigstocke | Writer |
| Jeremy Salsby | Writer |
| Graeme Garden | Writer (Additional Material) |
| David Tyler | Director |
| David Tyler | Producer |