Trouble In Paradise Debuts On Australian TV
About 2 months ago, I got the chance to fly to Hong Kong to be part of a new Australian TV series – Trouble in Paradise (Previously it had the working title Holiday Hell). This is a new 1 hour TV Series which borrows from the UK version – My Holiday Hostage Hell. In Fact the Australian version includes the UK story with the specially produced Australian story. David Mason of Mason Media produced and directed the series. David has produced many TV series before including The Mole, Celebrity Survivor, Popstars, and Who Dares Wins.
I was involved with the well publicized story of the busload of Australian female travel agents who were taken hostage by a Chinese National in Xi-an just months before the Beijing Olympics. I got to play the role of Eric Wang who was the Chinese Australian tour operator that played a pivotal role in negotiating with the Chinese National to release the innocent Australians.
I’ve been informed by one of the producers that my story will be screened as part of the first episode tomorrow night. I haven’t seen the finished product, but apparently it is one of the networks favourites:) We’ll see. . . If you’re in Australia you can catch it tomorrow night:
Thursday June 25th
8.30pm on Channel nine – right after Getaway!
Please do leave a comment – Love to know what you think!
Click here to see Channel Nines page for the show
Other Links:
Hostage tour leader talks – Travel Weekly
10 Australian tourists taken hostage Chinese hijacker shot dead – Canberra Times
Australian tourists taken hostage on tourist bus in China – Herald sun
Tags: Australia, Channel Nine, David Mason, Docu-Drama, Documentary, Drama, Holiday Hell, Trouble in Paradise, TV Series
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Mar 03, 2010
hey there,
I saw the show, great series, but seem to have been axed by the network.
I don’t know why as it was very popular among my mates. I’m a keen traveller and can see how situations can get very risky. Do you know where I can get to see all the episodes?
I’d love to see the others. I watched the Indian one too and we had just arrived back from India after spending 4 months there so it was fresh in our minds.
Anyway, if you have any links or news of to where i can get the rest of the series it would be much appreciated, cheers! Marcus
Apr 10, 2010
Hi Marcus,
Thanks for your email, sorry for the tardy reply been crazy busy and haven’t even had time to update my blog!
. . anyways. . glad you enjoyed the series. . unfortunately I don’t have any information about the other episodes. . i haven’t even seen it myself as It aired after I left Australia! . If you found out anything please do update me! 
cheers
Derrick