Storyville

Chairman George: To Beijing via Athens (2005x26)

Air date: May 25, 2005

Why did a Greek-Canadian statistician from Ottawa decide to learn Mandarin, strap on a guitar and reinvent himself as a Chinese folk star? Storyville follows this unlikely story and George Sapounidis 's bid to land a dream gig: the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics and the transfer of the torch between Greece and China.