Lavish lifestyle of disgraced Guangzhou party chief Wan Qingliang to feature on anti-graft TV series

Television audiences will get a glimpse into the lavish lifestyle of disgraced Guangzhou party boss Wan Qingliang as early as tonight, when the state broadcaster airs a four-episode programme produced with the nation's top anti-graft agency.

The production by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and CCTV - centred on President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign - will feature the luxurious clubs Wan allegedly frequented. It will also reveal businesses in high-end restaurants near the National Development and Reform Commission, the focus of much lobbying.

Analysts expect more heads to roll as a corruption crackdown widens in Guangdong, exposing bribery networks in its cities and government departments.

At least 78 departmental heads had been brought down this year - more than in any other province - and almost 10,000 officials were being investigated, the province's anti-graft agency said.

"Guangdong ranks behind Sichuan and Shanxi in terms of the number of toppled big tigers, but it leads the way in cracking down on tiger-sized flies," said Dr Peng Peng , of the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, referring to local government heads deemed significant at the provincial level but minor on the national scale.

"The campaign has dissolved local power clans," he said.

Zhu Mingguo was removed as chairman of the province's political advisory group this month after authorities said he was being investigated for "serious violations of party discipline and law". He is the most senior Guangdong cadre to be investigated so far this year.