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Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy. Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Alex Shearer's Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy. Starring Dinsdale Landen.

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Eastern Bloc dissidents seeking refuge descend on the British Embassy.

Eastern Bloc dissidents seeking refuge descend on the British Embassy. Stars Dinsdale Landen as the Ambassador. From April 1987.

To a background of chronic shortages in the shops, Eastern Bloc dissidents seeking refuge descend on the British Embassy.

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Yakov Korovin …. Michael Bilton
Mikael Korovin …. Jonathan Kidd
Col Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1987.

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Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy

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