Russell Braddon: Epitaph to a Friendship

Overview

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.