One Pair of Eyes — Season 1, Episode 71: Russell Braddon: Epitaph to a Friendship

Episode synopsis

The friendship between Australia and Britain is dead, declares Australian author Russell Braddon , who has lived here since 1949. In this protest at the recent loosening of ties, he insists that Britain's new immigration rules and Australia's new nationalism have poisoned the old loyalties and affection. Filmed in Australia and Britain, the programme also reveals Braddon's crisis as an expatriate: his old sense of being British and Australian has been destroyed and, suddenly, he belongs nowhere.

About One Pair of Eyes

A monthly series of highly personal documentary films in which individuals are given a platform to discuss issues close to their heart.

More episodes from Season 1

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• E2Dr Alex Comfort: A Traveller in the Dreamtime
• E3Anthony Howard: A City of Magnificent Intentions
• E4Nicholas Tomalin: No Worse Heresy
• E5James Cameron: The Road to Kingdom Come
• E6Jo Grimond: The Dead Hand of Democracy
• E7Peter Wilson: You've Got to Win
• E8Norman Parkinson: Stay Baby Stay
• E9Sir Tyrone Guthrie: Off to Philadelphia
• E10James Cameron: Berlin - The Haunted House
• E11Margaret Drabble: A Place Called Exile
• E12Claud Cockburn: One More River To Cross