An Inquiry into the Foreign Office
1: The Chosen Few
Simon Jenkins , in the first of five programmes, explores the myths and realities of the modern diplomat. Are they an elite whose life is one long social whirl at the taxpayers' expense? Or dedicated public servants travelling the world for scant recognition and reward? Diplomats, at every level, from New
York to New Delhi, talk freely about their work. Producer ANNE SLOMAN
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