Children of the Dragon

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]

Children of the Dragon
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 (1992-08-18) – 19 August 1992 (1992-08-19)

It was shot at the ABC Frenchs Forest Studios and at the Sydney Showground.^[3]

Crew

• Director: Peter Smith^[4]
• Writers: Robert Caswell, Nick Jose
• Producers: John Edwards, Sandra Levy
• Executive Producers: Penny Chapman, Scott Meek, Kim Williams
• Director of Photography: Steve Windon
• Editor: Stuart Armstrong, Chris Spurr
• Production Designer: Murray Picknett

Cast

• Bob Peck as Dr Will Flint
• Linda Cropper as Monica
• Gary Sweet as Larry
• Joan Chen as Jin-Juan
• Dennis Chan as Director Kang
• Cindy Pan as Pei
• Cary Wong as Eagle
• Jeff Truman as Theo
• Darren Yap

Music

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.