First of six current-affairs programmes addressing issues of interest to black people. This edition features Mel B of the Spice Girls in interview; a report on how the island of Antigua is coping with the influx of ...
Uses diaries, memoirs, photographs and archive film to examine the role that the media played in the Boer War 1899-1902.
Volcanologist Mark Davies attempts to monitor the seismic activity of Soufrière on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. The volcano is regarded as the world's most deadly volcano.
How Hong Kong business leaders have made compromises in order to adapt to Chinese rule.
How Hong Kong police are now using video footage from surveillance cameras to fight the multi-million pound trade in smuggled goods. Also how police dogs have been trained to wear cameras in dangerous situations.
A four-part documentary series made by two Hong Kong residents, following a cross-section of the colony's citizens over a three-year period as they prepare for the handover to Chinese rule. In the first programme, a look at publisher ...
Continuaton of the diary of 1990s life in Hong Kong as seen by the people living there and preparing for the Chinese handover. Hong Kong's politicians - including the pro-democracy Christine Loh - worry about China. However, life goes ...
In the third part of the series following several Hong Kong's citizens as they prepare for Chinese rule, newspaper proprietor, Jimmy Lai, offers a large reward for the capture of violent triads and, in the second half of 1996; ...
Discussion show, presented this week by Jon Snow in Hong Kong. Contributors includes: Ho Sau-lan (Democracy activist, `Frontier', Hong Kong); Tsang Yok-sing (Provisional Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong); Bruce Herschensohn (Feloow, ...
A look at the end of 150 years of British colonial rule in Hong Kong, featuring interviews with Hong Kong nationals as they prepare to adjust to life under Chinese rule, outgoing governor Chris Patten, and foreign correspondents who look at the ...
Hong Kong 1997. A man returns to his place of birth to find work but, unable to find a job, he decides to help others emigrate. A street cleaner seeking a better life becomes his first client.
China threatens to relinquish the Patten blueprint on Hong Kong. In Hong Kong there are concerns about post-1997 civil rights. These form the backdrop to the 1995 elections which turn out to be a victory for democracy - and for Patten. But ...
