Flying the Flag

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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 2: The Opium of the People

The Opium of the People

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It may be Glorious Reindeer Day, but light bulbs and tolerance are in short supply.

It may be Glorious Reindeer Day, but light bulbs and tolerance are in short supply. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From March 1988.

It's Glorious Reindeer Day in the People's Republic. 

Seasonal goodwill abounds, even if light bulbs and religious tolerance don't...

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Morris …. John Baddeley
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin 

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1988.

Flying the Flag: Series 2

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Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy

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