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.
Debra Beaumont
as Queen Victoria
Simon Williams
as Captain Charles Elliot
Bao Guoan
as Lin Zexu
Oliver Cotton
as Gordon Bremer
Nigel Davenport
as
Rob Freeman
as Hill
Emma Griffiths Malin
as Mary Denton
Garrick Hagon
as Missionary
Hua Jiang
as Guan Tianpei
Philip Jackson
as Captain White
Dominic Jephcott
as M.P.
Ko Hsiang-Ting
as Yi Shan
