The BBC’s 1995 Dubai documentary Club Expat - in pictures

  • It also showed a less glitzy aspect of the city, in which people struggled to save and faced rising rents.
    It also showed a less glitzy aspect of the city, in which people struggled to save and faced rising rents.
  • The documentary also showed people living the dream and driving expensive cars.
    The documentary also showed people living the dream and driving expensive cars.
  • One couple said life in the Emirates was more luxurious than in the UK and that it was important to stay grounded.
    One couple said life in the Emirates was more luxurious than in the UK and that it was important to stay grounded.
  • The 1995 BBC documentary ‘Club Expat’ portrayed a lifestyle in Dubai that centred on the Creek.
    The 1995 BBC documentary ‘Club Expat’ portrayed a lifestyle in Dubai that centred on the Creek.
  • The programme profiled people from different walks of life, including 'the old colonial’, here.
    The programme profiled people from different walks of life, including 'the old colonial’, here.
  • ‘Club Expat’ profiled an old soldier who built a new life in the emirate.
    ‘Club Expat’ profiled an old soldier who built a new life in the emirate.