A series of films about the way we live now.
Our Man in Shanghai Trevor Mound, 54, ex-paratrooper, 17 years a diplomat and an old China hand, has just been appointed Her Majesty's 13th Consul-
General in Shanghai. He's to re-open a post in China's largest city, closed since Mao's victory in 1949. This film, a unique insight behind the scenes of diplomatic life, follows Our Man in Shanghai's first days in his new job.
Within 24 hours of Trevor
Mound's arrival a trade delegation, led by Cabinet
Minister Lord Young, is due. Promoting British interests, especially trade, is Trevor's main task. He has to find his way round the complexities of Chinese protocol - and round Shanghai itself, in a deerstalker and on a bicycle. His discoveries include the only performing panda in the world. Narrator Sarah Neville Photography NIGEL MEAKIN Film editor DAVID THOMAS
Producer JOHN PAUL DAVIDSON Editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF