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Back to my flipping roots

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A costume drama with a lot of people talking very seriously one on one (makes a nice change from WeChat groups), with the action switching between two virtually identical rooms. There was tinkling, overwrought music throughout, and a guy with white hair and long eyebrows who gave me the creeps. My wife tells me there is something like 126 episodes.

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A Jerry Springer-type talk show, only in this one the guests were wearing sad party masks. One of them, a woman in her 50s, started cry-talking – you know, when a person is actually trying to form words but it just ends up a wail. Worst party ever, I guess. Plus there was tinkling, overwrought music throughout.

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The news. All very standard: Man in suit stares at camera; woman with strangely large hair nods a lot (probably due to the weight of the hair).

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A madcap comedy movie in which several misfits end up in some ludicrous situation together, forcing them to make ever-more ludicrous decisions until everything all works out. One of them gets a girl in the end.

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That time was the off switch. I’d had enough, but at least it had reminded me why I started streaming in the first place.

Who says variety is the spice of life?

Broadcaster:

Greg Fountain is a copy editor and occasional presenter for China Daily. Before moving to Beijing in January, 2016 he worked for newspapers in the Middle East and UK. He has an M.A in Print Journalism from the University of Sheffield, a B.A in English and History from the University of Reading.