Around the World in 80 Trades ( Around the World in Eighty Trades )

Around the World in 80 Trades (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Around the World in Eighty Trades
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2&4 )

Running Time:
200 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Nicki Stoker
Paul Kittel

Written By:
Nicki Stoker
Ed Kellie

Actors:
Conor Woodman ..... Himself - presenter (unknown episodes)

Synopsis:

Economist Conor Woodman used to buy and sell companies for hundreds of millions of pounds in the City of London. But even before the economy crashed, he'd had enough. He wanted to trade real things that he could touch and smell not just type numbers into a computer. So he's chucked in the job, sold his flat and is off in search of adventure and fat profits on a round-the-world trip. He's taken £25,000 from the sale of his flat to invest in all kinds of products - animal, mineral and vegetable - which he trades across four continents and 16 countries. His aim is to make some serious money, but if it goes wrong, he could lose the lot. Despite his City contacts, international trade proves hard for Conor. Unperturbed, his eventual deals include selling 4,000 bottles of South African chilli sauce to India; horse trading with cut-throat dealers in Kyrgyzstan and investing £5,000 in Chinese jade, confident he can treble his investment by selling to a rich Taiwanese collector. In Mexico, Conor has 750 inflatable body boards and reckons that an endorsement from the country's most famous surfer will help them sell. Meanwhile, he hopes to sell 400 bottles of tequila bought in the actual town of Tequila for a sizeable mark up. He then decides to gamble on Brazilian teak, but the economic downturn means hard times for the UK house builders he hopes will buy his wood. Will Conor blow his £25,000 or succeed in doubling his cash?

Follows Conor Woodman as he starts his journey in the Sudan, buying camels which he hopes to resell in Egypt. In Zambia he buys coffee, but then has problems selling it in South Africa as he intended. He then has the idea of buying South African chilli sauce and wine to sell in India and China.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 October, 2013.