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Talkative Wu Man

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THERE are two problems with Through The Eyes Of David Wu (World, 9.00pm). The first is that David Wu talks too much. A better director might have told him to shut his gob for a while and let the pictures do the talking. The second is that the pictures themselves are not that interesting. Through The Eyes Of David Wu might be more at home as an in-flight documentary on Hong Kong-bound jumbo jets. Everything it does has been done before and locals will probably not want to see it again. There's Mongkok night market, fortune-telling, dancing dragons, the ins and outs of Chinese tea. It is time for a moratorium on all of them.

Wu is a veejay with Channel V and goes by the nickname of 'Wu Man'. He hosts Through The Eyes Of . . . in jaunty veejay fashion, with raised-eyebrows and frequent interjections of 'really', 'great', wow!' and 'Hi mom!' to the camera. Perhaps this is understandable. As a veejay his job is to talk, something he does very well, but as a television narrator he must learn when not to.

In a bid to provide some kind of continuity, Wu throws in a storyline about trying to find a girlfriend. He takes this with him wherever he goes, like excess baggage. And so the fortune-teller is asked what Wu's chances are of finding a Chinese girlfriend. The tea expert is asked about etiquette, should Wu happen to take a girl out to tea.

There are many negatives about this programme, too many to bother you with here. The positive is that it was made in Hong Kong and for that alone should be welcomed. It is the first in a series of three. Next week's features Crystal Kwok.

SEQUELS are rarely as good as the originals on which they are based and Fright Night Part II (Pearl, 9.30pm) is no exception. It picks up where the first left off and once again stars Roddy McDowall, who is best-known, and always will be, for playing an intellectual chimpanzee in The Planet Of The Apes television series (and a few of the movies).

Fright Night saw McDowall and sidekick Chris Sarandon bumping off a vampire who had moved in next door. Fright Night Part II sees the vampire's sister seeking revenge. It's definitely a comedown from the first film, but well-produced, with enough camp horror to keep the palms sweating.

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