Of course, the bonus about “doing” a historical epic about the Boxer rebellion is that practically no-one will question the facts because practically no-one has the faintest idea what it was all about, including us. We know it wasn’t a fracas at a dog’s home but that’s about the size of our knowledge on the subject. Still, it’s worth watching cos David Niven and Dame Flora ‘to name but three’ Robson are in it.
