Based On: | novel Avenue of Eternal Peace by Nicholas Jose |
Story: | Robert Caswell, Nick Jose |
Director: | 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: | United Kingdom Australia |
Language: | English |
Num Episodes: | 4 x 1 hour |
Producer: | John Edwards Sandra Levy |
Budget: | $7.7 million |
Network: | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Based on the novel Avenue of Eternal Peace (the name of a road linking Tiananmen and Tiananmen Square) by Nicholas Jose,[1] 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.[2]
It was shot at the ABC Frenchs Forest Studios and at the Sydney Showground.[3]
The score by Martin Armiger, orchestrated and conducted by Derek Williams with additional orchestrations by Edward Primrose was recorded at Studios 301, and extensively featured the Erhu, played by Cai-Fu (Carl) Zhang.