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Rollicking wartime comedy set in the Cabinet War Rooms. Written by Ed Harris.

Rollicking wartime comedy set in the personnel department of the Cabinet War Rooms. Sitcom by Ed Harris.

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Fenella Woolgar

Kate O'Flynn

Roslyn Hill

Jane Slavin

David Acton

Stephen Critchlow

Jessica Mitic

Ed Harris

Dot: Pilot

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Comedy in the Cabinet War Rooms, there's a spy on the loose. Starring Fenella Woolgar.

A spy’s on the loose in the Cabinet War Rooms. Our girl Dot sets out to bally well bag him. Stars Fenella Woolgar. From 2015.

Dot's had quite enough of making tea in the Cabinet War Rooms. 

When she finds a cryptic message in the newspaper, she enlists the help of her gals Myrtle and Pearl. 

Can they catch the spy? 

And will it prove to be the big break Dot's been waiting for?

Pilot written by Ed Harris.

This sparked the following series of the rollicking wartime comedy set in the Cabinet War Rooms.

Dot ...... Fenella Woolgar
Myrtle ...... Kate O'Flynn
Pearl ...... Roslyn Hill
Millicent ...... Jane Slavin
Peabody ...... David Acton
Ken ...... Stephen Critchlow

Director:  Jessica Brown

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.

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