Children of the Dragon | |
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Based on | Avenue of Eternal Peace by Nicholas Jose |
Written by | Robert Caswell |
Story by | Robert Caswell, Nick Jose |
Directed by | Peter Smith |
Starring | Bob Peck Linda Cropper Gary Sweet Joan Chen Jeff Truman Dennis Chan Cindy Pan Cary Wong Wan Thye Liew |
Theme music composer | Martin Armiger |
Country of origin | United Kingdom Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 x 1 hour |
Production | |
Producers | John Edwards Sandra Levy |
Budget | $7.7 million[1] |
Original release | |
Network | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Release | 18 August 19 August 1992 | –
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Based on the novel Avenue of Eternal Peace (the name of a road linking Tiananmen and Tiananmen Square) by Nicholas Jose,[2] Children of the Dragon (alternatively titled Sign Of The Snake) is a 1992 BBC-Australian Broadcasting Corporation 4-part TV mini-series set against the background of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[1]
It was shot at the ABC Frenchs Forest Studios and at the Sydney Showground.[3]