Travel with Rivals
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Travel with Rivals (Chinese: 跟住矛盾去旅行; Jyutping: gan1 zyu6 maau4 teon5 heoi3 leoi5 hang4) is a Hong Kong television travel programme premiered on 6 April 2016, produced by HK Television Entertainment and broadcast on ViuTV.
Overview
The programme brings together two people from different backgrounds, with conflicting core values, for a five-day trip to other parts of the world.
Episodes
The first episode lasted one hour, with the first half-hour serving as a preview of the series.
| No. | Destination | Original air date | Viewers (ratings / percentage) [1] | |
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| 1 | "Warsaw, Poland" | 6 April 2016 | 8 / 12.50% | |
| 2 | "Warsaw, Poland" | 11 April 2016 | N/A | |
| 3 | "Warsaw, Poland" | 12 April 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Leung Kwok-hung and Jasper Tsang Yok-sing[2][3] Tsang, the founder of DAB in the pro-Beijing camp, is the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, while Leung, the chairman of League of Social Democrats in the pan-democracy camp, is a LegCo member. | ||||
| 4 | "Hanoi, Vietnam" | 18 April 2016 | N/A | |
| 5 | "Hanoi, Vietnam" | 19 April 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Yip Chung-Sing and Amanda Tann[2] Both Yip and Chan are teachers, with Tann being a famed cram school teacher. In the show, both taught English to underprivileged students in Vietnam. | ||||
| 6 | "Florence, Italy" | 25 April 2016 | N/A | |
| 7 | "Florence, Italy" | 26 April 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Shiga Lin and Gloria Yip Yip has a Cantopop singing career that has stretched for decades, while Lin hails from a new generation of Cantopop singers. | ||||
| 8 | "Seoul, South Korea" | 2 May 2016 | N/A | |
| 9 | "Seoul, South Korea" | 3 May 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Ann Chiang and Roy Tsui[2] Chiang is a Pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, while Tsui is an author. Neither Chiang or Tsui had any interaction with each other during the trip. | ||||
| 10 | "Dublin, Ireland" | 9 May 2016 | N/A | |
| 11 | "Dublin, Ireland" | 10 May 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Zac Kao and Denise Ho[2] Kao is an actor who is a devout Christian, while Ho is a Cantopop singer who has come out of the closet. In the show, both visited a formerly conservative Catholic country which has legalized same-sex marriage. | ||||
| 12 | "Bali, Indonesia" | 16 May 2016 | N/A | |
| 13 | "Bali, Indonesia" | 17 May 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Renee Dai and Siu Yam-yam[2] | ||||
| 14 | "Tokyo, Japan" | 23 May 2016 | N/A | |
| 15 | "Tokyo, Japan" | 24 May 2016 | N/A | |
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Guests: Agnes Chow and Junius Ho[4] Chow is a political activist, as well as the founder of Hong Kong political party Demosistō,[5] while Ho is also a political activist, known for his opposition to the Occupy Central movement in 2014, which Chow was a proponent of. | ||||
| 16 | "Off-site Highlights" | 29 May 2016 | N/A | |
References
- ^ Per AGB. Hong Kong's television viewing audience is adjusted on an annual basis. As of 2016, one ratings point equals to 73,240 people.
- ^ a b c d e 【一地花生】最強矛激戰最強盾 [A Floor Full of Peanut Shells: The Strongest Rivalries]. HK Television Entertainment. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ 【波蘭蜜友？】曾鈺成憶與梁國雄去旅行 讚「很會關心人、好錫小朋友」 [Friends In Poland? Jasper Tsang Recounts Trip with Leung Kwok-Hung, Praises Leung as a Caring Person, And Loving Kids]. Ming Pao. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Traveling Japan, Junius Ho Admits He Is Short-Fused. Agnes Chow: I Wait For His Anger To Explode (同遊日本 何君堯自言不易發火 周庭：期待叔叔爆炸一飛衝天)
- ^ The party was founded on 10 April 2016, after the episode was filmed.