'Roland Rat might not have made me rich, but he made me the man I am today'
'Which TV programme inspired my future career?' writes Liam D'Arcy Brown.
'Would you believe me if I said Roland Rat and Kevin the Gerbil's GM-TV trip to Hong Kong in the early 1980s where Roland planned to shoot a kung fu film called Enter the Rodent?
As far as I can remember, this was the first time I became aware of Kowloon, Hong Kong and China beyond.
My interest grew in the coming years, and by 1989 I was an undergraduate at Oxford reading Chinese. I am now a published author on travel in China and on Chinese history..
..I can still hear that irritatingly catchy theme tune - "Kowloon/ Kowloon, Hong Kong/ We love Hong Kong/ It's the place for me..."
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