'Big Trouble in Thailand' on Sky TV

[pacman]

(Nemisis @ Sep. 14 2009,00:40) It turn out he was a very nice and funny guy...

How often is that the case?

A few months ago, Paul was the most hated man in Thailand. Reading his side of the story does put him in a different light.

While we were quick to defend the girls & assumed that they were attacked for being LBs, I am aware that there are a few who are troublemakers. It seems irrational that anyone would pepper spray them without reason.

Paul may have embellished his story a touch but on balance, he doesn't appear to be the monster he was painted. Maybe not Citizen of the Year but perhaps someone we could count on for assistance.

And how typical it was a farang journalist eager to sell his story that painted him in such a negative light. Now there's a profession that would benefit from an occasional pepper spray...      

[fleeing]

Looks like you can find the torrent file for episode 2 here

[paradise_juggler]

thanks for the link!

[fleeing]

and even more Big Trouble about Big Trouble as Anxious Officials Put 'Big Trouble' Series On Hold


it's Trouble and it's... errr.... Big?

[Snick]

Idiots should have finished filming the whole season before putting it on air.

Anyone with any Thai experience would know that they would not be allowed to continue filming here once episode one was shown. (and many other countries would behave the same).

[batman4ever]

(fleeing @ Sep. 15 2009,10:13) Looks like you can find the torrent file for episode 2 here

thanx mate...

[jprc2]

(Snick @ Sep. 15 2009,06:56) Idiots should have finished filming the whole season before putting it on air.

I am not sure we can call them "idiots".
Reading the director's blog, it is evident that:
1- they work on a very tight budget.
2- producers (Bravo) control the documentary (ex.: original "Thai Cop" title changed to a more provocative one, against the director's wishes)

I simply guess they could not afford to do all the shooting without starting to have a return on investments AND be sure that it attracts enough audience for investing more in the season (pilot)...
Being on the field, the director knew about the risks. From their London Headquarters, the producers are probably disconnected from the reality of a country. They probably behaved in the same way as some tourists do: unaware of local environment, thinking that their own culture protect them wherever they are. Actually, it is very possible that the producers (not the director) of this serie behaved like the tourist they filmed!...

[Nemisis]

Big Trouble in tourist Thailand (Episode 2)
Utube link curtsy of suirside1

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/user/suirside.../2/GWmv9o_14rE

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/user/suirside.../1/NhuXUdBmej8

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/user/suirside.../0/gamMhnultLs

Part 4
(Should be uploaded soon, so watch out for it)

There are also some JJ uncut peaces with the American marines
Or

Download the torrent
http://www.mininova.org/tor/2954307

Thai Officials Put 'Big Trouble' Series in Limbo

By Alan Morison
Monday, September 14, 2009
Phuket Jet-Ski Photo Album Above

THE SECOND episode in the controversial 'Big Trouble' television series is set to screen in Britain on Monday night - but Thai authorities are now preventing the eight-part series from being completed.

Producer-director Gavin Hill says the Thailand Film Office has sent a letter asking the British production company, Bravo, not to screen any more episodes.

Episode Three, being edited in Britain, is in rough-cut form. The show can only go on with permission from all the people shown on-screen.

That includes Winai ''JJ'' Naiman, the now-notorious Phuket jet-ski operator, who signed a release form so that his actions could be displayed to viewers with his approval.

Mr Hill said tonight's second episode does not reflect badly on Thailand. That was never the intention of 'Big Trouble in Tourist Thailand,' he added.

''I don't know what's going to happen now with the series,'' he said. The Thailand Film Office has ''pulled all the releases and permissions that are required to complete the series.''

He has been told there is the likelihood of a complaint being made to the British embassy. At least one volunteer expat tourist policeman in Pattaya had also expressed concern.

Episode Two, Mr Hill said, contained no more about jet-skis on Phuket and was about ''Brits behaving badly,'' with military police in pursuit of drunken sailors.

''In some ways, it's very positive for Thailand,'' he said. ''The young lady who was in trouble on Koh Phangan in the first episode is fined 50 pounds, she gets her bail money back, and she is allowed to go, with the only real penalty being an extra three weeks in Thailand.''

By coincidence, authorities on Koh Phangan have announced a plan to make the island, noted for expat full moon rave parties, drug-free as fast as possible.

Episode One of 'Big Trouble' screened last week, revealing footage of what appeared to be an extortion bid by ''JJ'' with a gun in hand, and it came just before a planned summit on jet-ski scams on Phuket.

Nationwide, crackdowns are underway on crimes against tourists at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok as part of a push against corruption by the Prime Minister.

The jet-ski crackdown on Phuket came after the Deputy PM met with the Australian ambassador. Other ambassadors later echoed their increasing concerns about jet-ski scams to the Phuket Governor, Wichai Praisa-nob.

Mr Hill was keen to make the point that the 'Big Trouble' jet-ski scandal coverage came about by chance. He still says that in fairness, there is no way of knowing whether the alleged damage to jet-skis in the show was genuine or not.

An incident involving ''JJ'' and US marines, posted this week on You Tube, was not used in the series because the show was being made for a British audience. Only the first-episode incident involving ''JJ'' and British marines was considered relevant.

If it screens tonight in Britain, viewers will also see inside Phuket prison, where a British national is interviewed about his experiences in being jailed for ATM offences.

[BAM]

Next Monday on Bravo will be ..........

[p4player]

Here is the link for part 4.
http://www.youtube.com/user/suirside.../0/RcOF39oneGY

Isn't that board member: WHORE at the 9:20 part of the clip?

[Ivor Biggun]

Yet again its the nasty foreigners painting the nice Thai people in a bad light in order to disrupt tourism. Heads in the sand as usual! http://www.bangkokpost.com/news....nasties

[whore]

(p4player @ Sep. 16 2009,09:49) Here is the link for part 4.
http://www.youtube.com/user/suirside.../0/RcOF39oneGY

Isn't that board member: WHORE at the 9:20 part of the clip?

I cant believe I had to click the link to see if it was actually me. Its only a matter of time before I end up on bravo.

[harley quinn]

You could be the next Grub Smith!!

[jimslim]

What about the boyfriend of the English girl caught smoking a joint

He owns the joint , claims he has no money to help her with bail , then buggers off because his visa has expired by one day (which is a 500 baht overstay fine )

I was hoping her brothers would give him a slapping , but with names like Charles and Theo that was always gonna be unlikely , a couple of chinless wonders that pair .

And the silly mare doesn't blame him and will be reunited with him later that night ...........

[anthony70]

an ex TPV up to no good.

http://www.pattayaone.net/news/2009/...17_09_52.shtml