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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After the Health Care service is privatised, the embassy staff spot some advantages.

After the Health Care service is privatised, the embassy staff spot some advantages. Stars Dinsdale Landen. From July 1992.

Official condemnation of the privatisation of the People's Health Service is tempered slightly when the diplomats study the proposals more closely. 

Cheap facelifts and hair transplants for embassy staff... isn't there something to be said for the concept after all?

Starring Dinsdale Landen.

Eastern Bloc embassy sitcom written by Alex Shearer.

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

Producer: Neil Cargill

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1992.

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Cold War-era sitcom set in a British embassy

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