03 Nov 1959
Fires on the Plain
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The Opium War
The story of the Opium War between China, in the waning days of the Qing Dynasty, and the British Empire, in the 1830s, and the subsequent takeover of Hong Kong by Britain; through the eyes of the key figures, fiercely nationalistic Lin Zexu, and opportunistic British naval diplomat Charles Elliot.
Top Billed Cast
Debra Beaumont Queen Victoria
Simon Williams Captain Charles Elliot
Bao Guoan Lin Zexu
Oliver Cotton Gordon Bremer
Nigel Davenport 
Rob Freeman Hill
Emma Griffiths Malin Mary Denton
Garrick Hagon Missionary
Hua Jiang Guan Tianpei
Philip Jackson Captain White
Dominic Jephcott M.P.
葛香亭 Yi Shan
Liankun Lin Qi Shan
Bob Peck Denton
Li Jie Lin ZeXuShiwei/林则徐侍卫
高远 Rong'er
郎雄 He Jingrong
Hsin Shao He Shanzi
苏民 Daoguang Emperor
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