Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Shanghai
TV Flash files “Shanghai” as the first listed hour of season 4 — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 4, episode 1, aired 2014-09-28, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E01: listed hour 25 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, first listed hour of season 4. It aired 2014-09-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Bahia, Brazil” (S03E08). Next is “The Bronx” (S04E02).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Anthony Bourdain explores Shanghai by savoring classic, home-style cuisine at restaurants that include Chun and Fuchun Xiaolong and converses with locals who give their take on their country's booming economy and expanding global influence.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Shanghai sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?
S04E01 is listed hour 25 of 95 — first listed hour of season 4, season 4 episode 1.
When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S04E01 air?
Shanghai aired 2014-09-28 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need to watch in order?
Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.
The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…
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Anthony Bourdain sat at tables through conflict and history on Parts Unknown — CNN as unlikely prestige, food as politics, loneliness, and grace, travel television with literary soul. Curiosity as ethics. TV Flash files him as the 2010s…