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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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East meets West in an epic chess game as politics, pride and chicken nuggets are at stake.

East meets West in an epic chess game where politics, pride and chicken nuggets are at stake. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From April 1988.

“It's hard enough coping with adult life as it is, without having children going about being cleverer than you are.” 

East meets West in an epic chess game where politics, pride and chicken nuggets are at stake...

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

HM Ambassador Mackenzie …. Dinsdale Landen
William Frost …. Peter Acre
Helen Waterson …. Moir Leslie
Keith Branley …. Richard Pearce
Colonel Surikov …. Christopher Benjamin

Producer: Pete Atkin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 1988.

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Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy

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