Double Dragons

BBC Factual Programmes

Researched and proposed by Mike Sweet to the BBC in early 1997, Double Dragons was commissioned to explore British expatriates' reactions to the imminent handover of Hong Kong, Britain's last major colony, to China on June 1 1997.

Shot in Hong Kong in March '97, the 40 minute documentary followed the lives of five expats living in Hong Kong as they prepared for life under Chinese rule.

"What's rubbed off here on the Chinese is the British way of life, and most of all the system of justice, but in the end its gone now when the flag comes down…I first came to Asia as a soldier. I've got a big stake here. All those friends lying here. No passports. They've got the right of abode. They always will have the right of abode."

Jack Edwards (1918-2006)
Ex POW and Chairman of the Royal British Legion. China and Hong Kong branch.

Directors: Mike Sweet & Dafydd James.