The Chinese TV crew will film in Brighton for the next three weeks

The students arrive in Brighton on Tuesday and will be studying at City College over the next few weeks.

The programme aims to show how the students will adapt to the differences between life in the Chinese capital and on the Sussex coast.

It will have a potential audience of more than 300 million viewers in China.

'Unique opportunity'

The documentary is being made by Liaoning Television and Beijing Television and will be filmed over the next three weeks.

Liaoning Television, a satellite channel, says it has 82 million permanent viewing families in China and the Asia-Pacific area, with an audience of more than 330 million people.

Jeremy Histon, City College's international student recruitment manager, said he hoped raising the profile of Brighton in China could bring huge benefits to the city's economy.

The students and TV crew are to be officially welcomed to the college at a ceremony on Tuesday, due to be attended by the Mayor of Brighton and Hove and representatives from the Chinese Embassy and Education Ministry.