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Flying the Flag

Series 2

Political Flu

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 7Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The political climate in the People's Republic is milder than it used to be.

But political sickness can still strike unexpectedly, and earthworm tables are not always the answer...

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Nesterov …. Peter Craze
Brodsky …. Paul Gregory
US Ambassador …. Stephen Greif

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988. Show less

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