• The Visitors From Maida Vale - Episode 1

  • May 29 2019
  • Length: 28 mins
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  • 1: Shockwaves from Tiananmen Square

    London, June 1989 Patrick Lau is a successful television director whose credits include popular TV drama such as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and Len Deighton’s spy series Game, Set & Match. But one day, shortly after the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, he receives an unexpected phonecall asking him to help two Chinese diplomats - and a real-life drama begins to unfold on his own doorstep.

    30 years on, Patrick recalls the tumultuous events of that summer in a new 6 part podcast series.

    Producer: Mukti Jain Campion

    Picture credit: Dessa Ely

    The Sunday Times 100 Podcasts to Love: "An enthralling true story"

    Prospect Magazine: "Bringing a human sideways perspective on global events is something podcasts do uniquely well and this compelling example is one of the best so far "
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