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 4: Episode 1: Spiritual Values

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Episode 1: Spiritual Values

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Spiritual Values

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Flying the Flag, Series 4, Spiritual Values

Cash is scarce, as the ambassador hopes capitalism and democracy will conquer communism.

Cash is scarce, as the ambassador hopes capitalism and democracy will conquer communism. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From June 1992.

Her Majesty's Ambassador Mackenzie and his staff battle on bravely, coming to terms with the changing order in Colonel Surikov's fledgling Eastern-bloc democracy. 

The new order brings new problems, not least keeping the diplomatic upper hand in a country discovering the ills of the West. 

So when equal rights for women appears on the agenda, closely followed by the emergence of militant feminists, the embassies echo to the sound of men closing ranks.

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Return of the Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Spiro …. Stephen Greif
Christopher Benjamin …. Colonel Surikov

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1992.

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