• 2009
  • 48m
Around the World in 80 Trades

Summary Economist Conor Woodman uses £25,000 from the sale of his flat to travel to various countries around the world to buy products from certain regions and later sell them to other countries for a profit. View more details

  • 2009
  • 48m

Around the World in 80 Trades

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Conor Woodman

All cast & crew

8.3

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 8, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : China

Production companies : Tigress Productions

Summary Economist Conor Woodman uses £25,000 from the sale of his flat to travel to various countries around the world to buy products from certain regions and later sell them to other countries for a profit. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 8, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : China

Production companies : Tigress Productions

Episodes

View All Seasons
Episode 1 • Apr 08, 2009
Episode #1.1
Episode 2 • Apr 15, 2009
Episode #1.2
Episode 3 • Apr 22, 2009
Episode #1.3
The third leg of his adventure begins back in China where he picks up his newly carved piece of jade. It has cost him £5,000 so far but he's confident he can treble his investment by selling to a rich collector in Taiwan. Bids come thick and fast, but Conor wants to hold out for a top dollar price. Will he come to regret his confident approach?

Next stop is Japan, and Conor decides premium quality tea from the highlands of Taiwan is what the Japanese are crying out for. That might be true, but Japanese bureaucracy means Conor can't set up a market stall and he's reduced to approaching people in the street.

Things are going badly and he gambles on selling freshly caught fish. He negotiates a deal with a local fisherman, fishes all day and drives through the night to a giant sushi market. His perseverance pays off as Conor sells his fish - but for how much?
Episode 4 • Apr 29, 2009
Episode #1.4
After his exploits in the Far East, Connor Woodman decided to head for the Americas. In Mexico, Conor has 750 newly aquired inflatable body-boards and reckons an endorsement from Mexico's most famous surfer will help them sell. Meanwhile, he also decided to buy 400 bottles of tequila, bought in the actual town of Tequila, and hopes to sell them for a sizeable mark up by taking them to the party loving nation of Brazil.

He then decides to gamble on Brazilian teak, but the economic downturn has meant hard times for the UK house builders he plans to sell it to.

Back in the UK and at the end of his journey, Conor discovers just how much of a profit he's made - or how dearly this adventure has cost him.
Comments
Welcome to juqing comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Login to display more comments

This week's popular movies

John Lee Hooker: That's My Story

7.7
Generally favorable

What the Hell Is It This Time? Sparks Live in London

7.7
Generally favorable

Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

7.3
Generally favorable

The Morricone Duel

8.3
Generally favorable

Down from the Mountain

7.3
Generally favorable

After the Screaming Stops

7.1
Generally favorable

Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

6.3
Generally favorable

Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James

7.3
Generally favorable

The Wall: Live in Berlin

8.5
Generally favorable

Slipknot Unmasked: All Out Life

7.3
Generally favorable

This week's popular TV shows

The Dark Side of NJ

0
No rating

This Is L.A.P.D.

0
No rating

I Love Audrey

0
No rating

Døve mennesker før oss

0
No rating

War Academy

0
No rating

Veritasium

8.6
Generally favorable

Tidsandan

0
No rating

Imagining BioShock

0
No rating

That's Family Life

0
No rating

The Last Outlaws

0
No rating

Edit Focus

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires

  • Movies
Neither Confirm Nor Deny

Neither Confirm Nor Deny

American spies locate a sunken Soviet submarine before the Russians can find it, but get caught in a game of cat and mouse with the press when a journalist discovers their secret.

  • Movies
The Fabulous Ones

The Fabulous Ones

In a villa housing transgender women, residents try to fulfill the last wish of their late friend, buried in male clothing against her will.

  • Movies
Bugarach

Bugarach

Bugarach. Nothing ever really happens in this bucolic village in Southern France at the base of the mountain that gives it its name. But the villagers' peace and quiet vanishes when the news story circulates around the globe like a viral video that this close-knit community of 194 inhabitants will be the only place on the planet to survive the December 21st apocalypse foretold by the Mayans. 'Bugarach' dives deep into the subject of the apocalypse to reflect on the fears and coping strategies of humankind in times of deep material and spiritual crisis in the Western world.

  • Movies
How to Dance in Ohio

How to Dance in Ohio

In Columbus, Ohio, teenagers and young adults on the autism spectrum prepare for an iconic American rite of passage -- a Spring Formal. They spend 12 weeks practicing their social skills in preparation for the dance at a local nightclub.

  • Movies
Neurotypical

Neurotypical

Neurotypical is an unprecedented exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves.

  • Movies
All Filters