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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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Flying the Flag: Series 1: Compromising Positions

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The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo of William. From May 1987.

The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo of William. Stars Dinsdale Landen and Peter Acre. From May 1987.

Why does William sleep with his windscreen wipers? And will the tabloid press settle for a diplomatic answer?

The British Ambassador gets suspicious... 

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin
Brown …. Milton Johns
Mrs Poonskey …. Margaret Ward  

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 1987.

Flying the Flag: Series 1

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Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy

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